Staying the Course: Receiving the Reward from the Breakthrough

[Ava Gabrielle]

Morning World! Keep it steady. We've received the breakthrough & can see the light at the end of the tunnel. Now we have the responsibility of seeing it to fruition. If we move too quickly or jump the gun to what we believe is the next phase, we could miss the true reward of the journey. If you've held on this long, keep standing. The same God who brought you this far can take you forward. Have a great day!

In your patience possess ye your souls. Luke 21:19

By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; And patience, experience; and experience, hope: 5And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. Roman 5:2-5

For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise. Hebrews 10:36

Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. James 1:3-4

And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. James 1:5-7

Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus. Revelation 14:12

Quote of the Day: You cannot be wimpy out there on the dream-seeking trail. Dare to break through barriers, to find your own path. Les Brown

But I don't want to leave until I see the breakthrough. Stephen Lewis

What you really want for yourself is always trying to break through, just as a cooling breeze flows through an open window on a hot day. Your part is to open the windows of your mind. Vernon Howard

You could cover the whole earth with asphalt, but sooner or later green grass would break through. Ilya Ehrenburg

All personal breakthroughs begin with a change in beliefs. Anthony Robbins

Sometimes a breakdown can be the beginning of a kind of breakthrough, a way of living in advance through a trauma that prepares you for a future of radical transformation. Cherrie Moraga

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Ancona Boycott Initiated (1556) Less

Following the Portuguese Expulsion in (see Jewish History for the 22nd of Tevet) many Jews who chose to remain in Portugal became "Marranos," openly identified themselves as Christians, while secretly maintaining Jewish beliefs and traditions.

Many of the Marranos eventually migrated to other countries, where they once again openly professed their allegiance to Judaism. However, because they had been "baptized," their situation was often perilous. On the 3rd of Iyar in 1556, on the orders of Pope Paul IV, 25 of these Marranos were burnt at the stake in Ancona, Italy.

Mendes Nasi was a very influential and wealthy woman; herself a Portuguese Marrano who relocated to the Ottoman Empire. In her past, she, too, had personally experienced persecution because of her Marrano status. Upon hearing about the burning of her co-religionists, she organized a financial boycott against the port of Ancona. She called on all Jews to do trade from the neighboring harbors and thus financially ruin Ancona. Her trade embargo was successful for a few months, and is considered to be one of the first times the Jews struck back against the Inquisition.