{"id":9964,"date":"2026-08-16T03:05:54","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T07:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/?p=9964"},"modified":"2026-08-15T21:11:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T01:11:49","slug":"poem-persecuted-ass-a-blessing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/16\/poem-persecuted-ass-a-blessing\/","title":{"rendered":"POEM: Persecuted Ass a Blessing?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you are not persecuted for being Christian, you might not be doing it right&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Persecuted Ass a Blessing?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cBlessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness\u2019 sake\u2026for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.\u201d<\/em> \u2013Matthew 5<\/p>\n<p>Christ!<br \/>\nO don\u2019t push me buttons<br \/>\nO pressed<br \/>\nO pressed<br \/>\nO pressed<br \/>\nA trinity of denial<br \/>\nAs Christ inanity sow poor<br \/>\nThat persecution sin drone<br \/>\nOn and on<br \/>\nKnot as a sign<br \/>\nOf being<br \/>\nOn the right<br \/>\nA track<br \/>\nOnto who<br \/>\nYou soully are<br \/>\nIf mirrorly<br \/>\nPolitical enemas<br \/>\nShitty wins<br \/>\nIn loo of holy one<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cFor if you love those who love you, what reward can you expect from that? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? And if you greet your friends only, what do you do more than others? The people who do not know God do that much. You must fully mature as your Father in heaven is perfect.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are not persecuted for being Christian, you might not be doing it right&#8230; Persecuted Ass a Blessing? \u201cBlessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness\u2019 sake\u2026for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.\u201d \u2013Matthew 5 Christ! &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/16\/poem-persecuted-ass-a-blessing\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,15],"tags":[204,104,24],"class_list":["post-9964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems","category-political-and-philosophical-musings","tag-bible","tag-enemies","tag-jesus"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>POEM: Persecuted Ass a Blessing? 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