[Ohio-Communities-of-Faith] FW: [CWWC] HARDSHIP CANNOT SEPARATE US FROM THE LOVE OF CHRIST

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HARDSHIP CANNOT SEPARATE US FROM THE LOVE OF CHRIST


Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall.hardship.?
<https://link.biblegateway.com/click/23502813.1229/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYmlibGVnY
XRld2F5LmNvbS9wYXNzYWdlLz9zZWFyY2g9Um9tLjguMzU/5ef562bd10222374f46b6174B7e13
7585> Romans 8:35b

The question asked is a personal one. Not "what" can separate us but "who"?
The inference is our enemy, Satan, who tries every tactic he can garner to
make us think we can be separated from Christ's love. Today we look at his
tactic of "hardship."

Sixteen-year-old Lakech had always known a stable home in her small
Ethiopian village of Moche. Her childhood as one of eight children was not
carefree. But it was uncomplicated. Her father, a godly man, worked hard to
provide the needs of his large family. They did not have an abundance; but
they survived. While Lakech was growing up, her father and mother came to
Christ. They laboured hard and devoted themselves to bringing up their eight
children in a God-fearing way. But two years ago, her father was framed by
some enemies and charged with stealing trees.

The legal battle started with a hearing a few days later, dragging on for a
year when the court found Lakech's father guilty and sentenced him to a
year's imprisonment. He found himself sharing a cell with about fifty
criminals, and his family was left in turmoil.

At home, mother was not coping well. Neighbors were mocking the children,
claiming their father would be jailed for seven more years. "I started
noticing that it was hard for my mother to put food on the table," explained
Lakech. "I could not watch my mother battle on her own. I wanted to finish
school, but it was impossible for me to just carry on," admitted the timid
young teenager. "My mother needed help."

Despite her age and innate shyness, Lakech left school and found a full-time
job as a house servant some distance from her home town. For long periods of
time, Lakech stayed away from home working, sending all her earnings home to
her mother. Following her example, Lakech's second oldest brother, also in
his teens, quit school and took over the farming on their small land.

Then the local church began to help support the family, and Open Doors was
alerted to the difficult struggle to just feed the family. The ministry was
able to come alongside the entire family, helping supply their food, and
then paying school fees so Lakech could return home and resume her studies
with her brother.

Soon afterwards, to the family's great joy, father was pardoned because of
good behavior and released after serving nearly half of his sentence. He was
overjoyed and declared, "I was saying to myself, by the time I finish
serving the sentence, I will find my family scattered and needy. But it was
different. They lacked nothing and everything was covered.

"I was also thinking no one will be with us," Lakech's mother shared. "But
we now are in joy. I am happy to be relieved from my worries and above all
to have my husband beside me. The Lord has blessed me with these two
successes; both my daughter and husband have come home."

RESPONSE: I will live this day aware that hardships can never separate me
from Christ's love.

PRAYER: Lord we rejoice in Your goodness and in Your provision for every
real need.

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