My thoughts exactly. She is one who has taken up her cross for his sake. She endures all of this evil to renew the hope of a return to our Godly principles. God is using her to show the world his love for us, that is why people of good are drawn to her and those of evil are repulsed. I keep repeating to my self “Be not afraid.”
This is also addressed:
2 Cor 2:14-17
paraphrase - the "scent of Christ" attracts the good and repulses the wicked.