Despite Feelings
Despite Feelings "Despite their fear of the people around them, they built the alter on its foundation and sacrificed burnt offerings to the Lord . . . For seven days they celebrated with joy the Feast of Unleavened Bread. Because the Lord had filled them with joy by changing the attitude of the King of Assyria, so that he assisted them in the work on the house of God, the God of Israel." —Ezra 3:3, 6:22 (NIV) When God’s people disobeyed Him, they were sent off as slaves; but