TRUE MEASURE OF LOVE FOR GOD

We must unite ourselves to God's will. Even those that we suffer from man...for example, contempt, injustice, loss of reputation, loss of temporal goods and all kinds of persecutions. On these occasions we must remember that whilst God doesn't will the sin, He does will our humiliation, our poverty, or our mortification, as the case may be. It is certain and of Faith, that whatever happens, happens by the will of God. Our conduct in such instances is the true measure of our love for God. -- St. Alphonsus Liguori

Listen, my dear brothers: Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom he promised those who love him? -- James 2:5

"Blessed are those who have been persecuted 

for the sake of righteousness, 

for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." 

Matthew 5:10

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? -- Romans 8:35

Sometimes you were publicly exposed to insult and persecution; at other times you stood side by side with those who were so treated. -- Hebrews 10:33

That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. -- 2 Corinthians 12:10

"Remember the words I spoke to you:

'No servant is greater than his master.' 

If they persecuted me, 

they will persecute you also. 

If they obeyed my teaching, 

they will obey yours also."

John 15:20

Indeed, all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. -- 2 Timothy 3:12

God will use this persecution to show his justice and to make you worthy of his Kingdom, for which you are suffering. -- 2 Thessalonians 1:5

Know this love that surpasses knowledge--that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. -- Ephesians 3:19