"Desecrate" is a word in ENGLISH
To divest of a sacred character or office; to divert
from a sacred purpose; to violate the sanctity of; to profane; to put
to an unworthy use; -- the opposite of consecrate.
One of the hardest-to-swallow, most countercultural, counter intuitive implications of the gospel is that bearing up under a difficult burden with patient perseverance is a good thing.
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