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Luke 6:28
“Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which spitefully use you.”
I have been employed by the Federal Bureau of Prisons for 20 years now and have been involved in prison ministries for about 15 of those years. I have found that the days when I feel least like ministering are the days that bear the most spiritual fruit. On June 20, 2008, the Bureau experienced a great loss when a staff member was murdered at the hands of two inmates who were serving life. I was scheduled to hold religious services for the inmates on the 24th and I admit I really didn’t feel a great deal of compassion for the inmate population that day but I went anyway. The preacher whom I had preaching that day gave one of the simplest yet greatest sermons I have ever heard that day and 22 souls received the gracious gift of salvation.
As I sit today and think on the awesome grace that God has offered us, undeserving as we are, I’m reminded of Judy Hyland who, after being captured and imprisoned in 1941 by the Japanese for more than three years, returned after being freed to minister to the Japanese people for more than thirty years.
Jesus never told us to preach only where we felt comfortable but instead, directed us to love our enemies and pray for those who persecute us. This past week, for me was a great example of just what He meant.
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