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Battered

From time to time some people will metaphorically batter you over the head.  They think they have the right to do so and they think they do it from higher ground than that on which you stand.  However they too are weak human beings and have no reason to feel superior.  We are all fallible.  But how should we deal with such an attack?  After all an attack like this can set one back considerably and leave one reeling and feeling unable to live ones life in a God honouring way. I have suffered an attack like this in the past week and one result has been that I have not felt able to write my blog. All along I have been holding on to the fact that Jesus has died for me and I am forgiven, but nevertheless I am smarting from the attack I received about something in my life that happened nineteen years ago; something which I have repented of and received forgiveness for. When this happens one's life is full of joy, to have received such forgiveness, but this joy can fill others with jealousy.  They wonder how I can feel such joy when they, who think they have behaved in a more moral way do not feel that joy.  My message tonight is to both those who have been hurt, hang on to your joy in Jesus, and to the ones who batter, you life is not as good as you think if you can mistreat your brother or sister in the Lord in such a way; they are as much the "apple of God's eye," as you are.

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