Somewhere today a Pakistani teen named Diana is in hiding for her life. A member of a strict Islamic family, she embraced Christianity and survived an attempt on her life by a gun-wielding uncle. Diana didn't come to faith in Christ by sowing a seed to TBN or engaging in hula worship with Rick Warren's Saddleback Church. It didn't take her 40 days to find a purpose. Hearing the gospel from a Christian girl she had met, Diana purposed to risk her life to find new life in the Jewish Messiah.
Diana refused to abandon her new faith when confronted by her family, who beat her repeatedly and demanded she return to Islam, according to WorldNetDaily. She was taken to a canal where her uncle pointed a pistol at her head and gave her one last chance to recant. Diana answered, "You can kill me if you want. I will not leave Christ." Before pulling the trigger, the uncle noticed a black cobra swimming in the canal and threw his niece into the path of the serpent. Diana, who could not swim, miraculously escaped and went into hiding. She told Voice of the Martyrs, a Christian organization that ministers to the persecuted church worldwide, "Jesus was crucified for us. Can we not endure some of the same for Him?"