2 Corinthians 5:20 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.
I am a born again Christian. I was saved in 1988 at the age of 38. My mother came to the Lord in her old age, in her 80's. Her name was Giannina which means "God is gracious."
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HAPPINESS
"Happiness arises not from the situation in which we are placed. It is only through Jesus Christ that final blessedness can be attained." Matthew Henry
A REPROACHED PEOPLE
"God’s people are, and always have been, a reproached people." Matthew Henry
DESPISED AND REJECTED
"But where you hear of a poor, simple, cast-off little flock, which is despised and rejected by the world, join them." Martyrs Mirror, Anna of Rotterdam , p. 453-454
SINGULAR, UNFASHIONABLE CHARACTER
"... in all ages the real disciple of Christ has been looked on as a singular, unfashionable character..." Matthew Henry