Matthew 5:11

Blessed (morally courageous and spiritually alive with life-joy in God’s goodness) are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil things against you because of (your association with) Me.

Jesus went against the grain in His ministry here upon the earth, and we will as Christians.   Jesus calls us blessed when we are persecuted for His name’s sake because we stand for the living God.  We stand for the light in the darkness and the redemption of man. And Jesus is standing by our side.