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So...what do you do when somebody whom you have previously trusted and befriended, somebody you gave your heart to and whom you prayed for diligently, what do you do when a person such as this decides to attack you unmercifully, wants to tear you down and tear you apart, seeks to end your life and bring about your ruin?

Well, here is what I do.

First, I go to prayer, and I remind myself that I belong to God; He will see me through everything. I bring it to Him, and I trust Him.

Second, I get encouragement from my parents, who remind me that no weapon formed against me shall prosper, that the devil's fiery arrows will be extinguished, and they support me and agree to pray that this attack against me will come to nothing.

Next, I recall a dream that God gave me this last Fall, a dream that is about this very situation, a dream where although destruction tried to rain down on me, it passed close by but did not touch me. In my dream, the attack against me was very loud and noisy, full of much bravado and bluster, but in the end nothing came of it.

Lastly, I do my daily devotions, and come across this passage of scripture that comforted me...

Psalm 63:7-11 -

For You have been my help, and in the shadow of Your wings will I rejoice. My whole being follows hard after You and clings closely to You; Your right hand upholds me. But those who seek and demand my life, to ruin and destroy it, shall themselves be destroyed and go into the lower parts of the earth (into the underworld of the dead). They shall be given over unto the power of the sword; they shall be a prey for foxes and jackals. But the king shall rejoice in God; every one who swears by Him [ that is, who binds himself by God's authority, acknowledging His supremacy, and devoting himself to His glory and service alone ], every such one shall glory, for the mouth of those who speak lies shall be stopped.


And, in reading further, the 64th Psalm is a word of encouragement to me as well...

Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint; guard and preserve my life from the terror of the enemy. Hide me from the secret counsel and conspiracy of the ungodly, from the scheming of evildoers, who whet their tongues like a sword, who aim venomous words like arrows, who shoot from ambush at the blameless; suddenly do they shoot at him, without self-reproach or fear. They encourage themselves in an evil purpose; they talk of laying snares secretly; they say, Who will discover us? They think out acts of injustice, and say, We have accomplished a well-devised thing; for the inward thought of each one is unsearchable, and his heart is deep. But God will shoot an unexpected arrow at them, and suddenly shall they be wounded. And they will be made to stumble, their own tongue being against them; all who gaze upon them will shake the head and flee away. And all men shall reverently fear and be in awe, and will declare the work of God; for they will wisely consider and acknowledge that it is His doing. The uncompromisingly righteous shall be glad in the Lord, and shall trust and take refuge in Him; and all the upright in heart shall glory and offer praise.


Thank God! God knows what He is doing, and His power and mercy and love have never failed!