I’ve been upset, sad and angry, hurt and disappointed…the whole “enchilada.” But I can now say that I can laugh in the face of my oppositions and disappointments.
The first time I realized I was a marked man was when a high ranking Israeli leader showed me a file they had on me. I was shocked! I was speechless and stupefied. I asked myself, “How in the world would such records get all the way to this high office in Jerusalem?”
Sure enough, this was only the beginning of a terrible series of reports on me and my activities. (Not to worry because I’m not setting the stage for a horrible confession of any sort!) I must say that almost all those reports were false or contained outdated and erroneous information.
Another Israeli leader threw some acronyms of organizations I didn’t even recognize. What’s worse, they associated me with Christian councils and organizations I’ve long resigned from or never even belonged to. If they would’ve only asked—I would’ve told them but they chose to “Google” me through the internet. All they used was false and erroneous information.
I’ve been accused of being a missionary, a Messianic, a Baptist pastor, a Jewish imposter, a Jews for Jesus fanatic and on and on. The truth is that I’ve been none of these!
A vicious group of individuals that I’ll refer to as “wanna-be Jews” published a report on me saying that “The jury is out, now we know that Dell Sanchez is a Baptist pastor…” Frankly, I’ve never even been a Baptist nor a Baptist pastor. What often hurts the most is that the handful of these individuals happens to be from among my own people that have become embittered enemies of our cause.
It’s strange that these few “wanna-be Jews” do the very things that Torah talks against such as presenting false reports and even alienating sincere learners. And a few Christians do about the same thing forgetting that the New Testament has some luscious words against the evil use of the tongue. I must admit that the only Jews I hang out with are “real Jews” that love God and respect me; this includes a few are wonderful rabbis!
As I said before, I can now laugh in the face of all these cartoons—but I still prefer Laurel and Hardy; but, hey, I’m learning to love even those that see themselves as my enemy. They don’t know they’re doing me a favor of keeping the sword of my life razor sharp. I’ll have you know that I’m having the greatest time of my life! I’ll have you know that I’ve never been closer and more intimate with God than today. And I’ve never had such great friends and trustworthy people as now, although few.
I leave you first with the words of Solomon and also David.
Solomon wrote: “A prudent man keeps his knowledge to himself, but the heart of fools blurts out folly.” (Proverbs 12:23)
David wrote: “O God, whom I praise, do not remain silent, 2 for wicked and deceitful men have opened their mouths against me; they have spoken against me with lying tongues. 3 With words of hatred they surround me; they attack me without cause. 4 In return for my friendship they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer. 5 They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my friendship.” (Psalm 109:1-5)
Shalom from a wonderfully marked man,
Dell
PS, Thanks for helping me make our January “Buy 2—get 1 Free Book” a good success! While this sale isn’t on this month I’d still like you to visit my website’s publication page for a listing of books and DVDs.
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