The followers of the Way are taken advantage of, persecuted and mocked--all kinds of evil spoken against them. Yet, these faithful ones earnestly love through their suffering and they tenderly show mercy to the merciless. They are crucified and humbly cry out, "Father forgive them!" The Christ-Followers, carriers of the cross, find true love by loving those who hate them, they receive their blessing in the cursing. You see, this is the beautiful irony that God has written into the lives of the Faithful: that in the end, only these beaten and broken ones bear a smile.
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