Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all
kinds of evil against you because of me. Rejoice and be glad,
because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
Matthew 5:11-12
This is what the
Lord says, "Forget the former things; do not
dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do
you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the
wasteland."
Isaiah 43:16,18-19
