There's Nothing you can do!

People tend to hold on to their past and think that they are not worthy of anything good because of what they did in the past. They think that because they stole this or deceived that person or treated this person bad that God would not accept them and take them back. God knows everything you have done and is going to do, even before you ever done any of it. God knows all and HE still chose to send his son Jesus to die for our sins. God does not care what you did because HE forgives you if you ask him in Jesus's name. Man may look at you sideways and hold your faults over you head, but the Lord washes your sins away and cleanses you. You do not have to worry about your past when it comes to God because HE loves you regardless of what you did, HE's just waiting for you to forgive yourself and come to him. There is nothing that you can do that will make God love you less.

Romans 8:37-39:

"Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. 38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."

They Are Going To Hate

For me one of the hardest things for me to do is take criticism. I take personal really harsh criticism. I try my best not to take what most people say to heart, but sometimes it really gets to me. As an entertainer, I put myself out there to receive ridicule and praise, however, somethings do hurt and do get to me.
I have to remember that good ole saying the ladies in the church use to say "they talked about Jesus and still do and He was the best gift to this world". This is so true. If they talked about Jesus, then I definitely am not exempt. The best thing to do when you are in a situation where you are under extreme scrutiny is to follow what Jesus did.
Jesus understood that their lack of understanding and the stubbornness played a role in their behavior towards him. Instead of retaliation, he continued to love them anyway. He continued his ministry and never let their comments effect his mood. We have to do the same thing. I have to do the same thing.

^{31 -39}So, what do you think? With God on our side like this, how can we lose? If God didn't hesitate to put everything on the line for us, embracing our condition and exposing himself to the worst by sending his own Son, is there anything else he wouldn't gladly and freely do for us? And who would dare tangle with God by messing with one of God's chosen? Who would dare even to point a finger? The One who died for us—who was raised to life for us!—is in the presence of God at this very moment sticking up for us. Do you think anyone is going to be able to drive a wedge between us and Christ's love for us? There is no way! Not trouble, not hard times, not hatred, not hunger, not homelessness, not bullying threats, not backstabbing, not even the worst sins listed in Scripture:

They kill us in cold blood because they hate you.
We're sitting ducks; they pick us off one by one. None of this fazes us because Jesus loves us. I'm absolutely convinced that nothing—nothing living or dead, angelic or demonic, today or tomorrow, high or low, thinkable or unthinkable—absolutely nothing can get between us and God's love because of the way that

Jesus our Master has embraced us.

We are not exempt from hate and constant disrespect. Just keep the Lord on your side and everything will be fine.