The Church is like a glass cup, sitting on a shelf. The government hates that cup, so it takes hold of it, and throws it to the ground.
...what happens when a glass is shattered? The glass breaks, going in all sorts of directions. It only spreads. When it is tread upon, beaten, stepped on, it only breaks into smaller, more difficult to gather pieces, always spreading. The smaller the pieces become, the harder it is to gather them up.
The moral of this story?
The government, those that hate us, any who oppose Scripture, though they may try to shatter us, utterly fail. We only spread into thousands of smaller bits, reaching further and further into the dark corners of the world. Though we are persecuted, we are blessed, for we are counted worthy to bear witness to those around us, wherever we may be.
This illustration was taken from "Safely Home", by Randy Alcorn. (I put it into my own words, though.)
Pray for not only those in other countries, but US.
