My pastor Matt said, no one can condemn Jesus. Therefore no one can condemn us. We are free from condemnation (Romans 8:1). How sweet this is when all is going well, how much sweeter when we feel condemned. I feel condemned often in ministry with middle schoolers. By them, by their parents, by their teachers and administrators. I am not, and you are not. We will not be crushed, this is not the death blow. Persecuted not abandoned, struck down but not destroyed, paul describes it in Corinthians. I prepare my heart to go worship my Lord. How great and kind he is to me. The Risen One, who has set me free. In Him do I take refuge. Not in myself, not in my ability, not in my work. Those are wastelands, there is no refuge in those places. There is refuge under his wings. Praise to the One who has rescued us from the pit of sin. Dressed us in his righteousness. Therefore, God, may we be steadfast, immovable, abounding in the work of the lord. Our labor is not in vain. I’m tired lord, but you are not tired. I’m discouraged, you are not. I am perplexed, oh Lord, how perplexed I am-Praise to be God that you are not perplexed. I love you. Yours I am lord. Yours I always will be. My life is hid with Christ on high.