Eleanor,

I'm not saying you are doing this, but I too need to hear this same thing. We need to be careful how we approach the issue of suffering and persecution. Are you suggesting (forgive me if I am reading into this) that you pray for persecution? You mentioned you hope the same thing would happen in the U. S., so I thought that's what you meant.

True godliness is a sincere feeling which loves God as Father as much as it fears and reverences Him as Lord, embraces His righteousness, and dreads offending Him worse than death~ Calvin