1 Corinthians 4:12-13
When we are cursed, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it; when we are slandered, we answer kindly. Up to this moment we have become the scum of the earth, the refuse of the world.
Oh, the secrets within Your word God! How does the world hear them? When the world is cursed, it curses back twice the destruction. When the world is persecuted, it lunges at its opposition wrathfully. But You say, "no" God - in truth, we are to repay cruelty with friendship; harsh words with a loving grip. You contradict the world as it lies in a pool of its own sin, Lord...and ask us to do the same, empowering us all the while. We praise You God that You are not like the world, that You are HOLY.
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