Peace in the midst of trials

So many passages remind us that the early Church was terribly persecuted....in fact the Romans sought to destroy the Christian people from the earth....they assumed that persecuting, ridiculing, mocking, torturing and then  murdering them in full view of all people would be enough to get rid of this sect of people....they made the assumption that men were the force or power behind the Church...if man indeed were the force or impetus behind the Church, then the Church surely would have collapsed and died out....But an amazing thing happened and the Romans noticed it....the more they persecuted the Church, the more it grew! The fact that the Church is still alive 2000 plus years later is full proof the Lord is indeed still adding to His Church every day such as should be saved! Above is a reminder that the Lord is keeping score....one day the score will be settled.....until that day, we in America might want to consider the temperature of the spiritual condition of our nation right now....We have lived in ease because of the constitution and the fact our founding fathers were Deists and believed in the Holy Bible as the safeguard for the nation....our leaders do not have the same opinion today....Let us pray for our nation and the leaders that God would touch their hearts and heal our nation.... God bless your day!