“If they have persecuted Me, they will also persecute you.” – John 15:20

I have been persecuted and ill-treated, because I love Christ. I am mocked, and laughed at, and despised. I try to bear it, but I really cannot. A man will be a man. Tread upon a worm and he will turn upon you. “My patience altogether fails me. I am in such a peculiar position that it is of no use to advise me to have patience, for patience I cannot have; my enemies are slandering me, and I do not know what to do.” What shall we say to that poor man? How shall we give him patience? What shall we preach to him? You have heard what he has to say about himself. How shall we comfort him under this great trial? If we suffered the same, what should we wish some friend to say to us? Shall we tell him that other persons have borne as much? He will say, “Miserable comforters are ye all!” No, I will tell him, “Brother, you are persecuted; but remember the words of Jesus Christ, how He spoke unto us, and said, ‘Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for great is your reward in heaven, for so persecuted they the prophets that were before you.” My brother! think of Him, who, when He died, prayed for His murderers, and said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” All you have to bear, is as nothing compared with His mighty sufferings. Take courage; face it again like a man; never say die. Let not your patience be gone; take up your cross daily and follow Christ. Let Him be your motto; set Him before your eyes. And now, receiving this, hear what the man will say. He tells you at once— “Hail, persecution, welcome shame! Disgrace for Jesus shall be my honor, and scorn shall be my highest glory.” ~ Charles Spurgeon

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