Suffering for Christ
During the cold war Romania was a communist country. There existed an underground church that actively shared Christ with others at the risk of losing their freedoms or their lives.
One young Christian girl from the underground church used to teach children about Christ. The communist discovered her activities and decided to punish her. But discovering she would soon be married they decided to wait and arrest her at her wedding. She was dressed in her wedding gown and ready to make her marriage vows when the secret police burst the doors open to arrest her and haul her away.
"When the bride saw the secret police, she held out her arms toward them to be handcuffed. They roughly put the manacles on her wrists. She looked toward her beloved, then kissed the chains and said, 'I thank my heavenly Bridegroom for this jewel He has presented to me on my marriage day. I thank Him that I am worthy to suffer for Him.' she was dragged off, with weeping Christians and a weeping bridegroom left behind...Her bridegroom faithfully waited for her. After five years she was released---a destroyed, broken woman, looking thirty years older. She said it was the least she could do for her Christ."
From "Tortured for Christ" by Richard Wurmbrand
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One young Christian girl from the underground church used to teach children about Christ. The communist discovered her activities and decided to punish her. But discovering she would soon be married they decided to wait and arrest her at her wedding. She was dressed in her wedding gown and ready to make her marriage vows when the secret police burst the doors open to arrest her and haul her away.
"When the bride saw the secret police, she held out her arms toward them to be handcuffed. They roughly put the manacles on her wrists. She looked toward her beloved, then kissed the chains and said, 'I thank my heavenly Bridegroom for this jewel He has presented to me on my marriage day. I thank Him that I am worthy to suffer for Him.' she was dragged off, with weeping Christians and a weeping bridegroom left behind...Her bridegroom faithfully waited for her. After five years she was released---a destroyed, broken woman, looking thirty years older. She said it was the least she could do for her Christ."
From "Tortured for Christ" by Richard Wurmbrand
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