"We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance."
I love it when the bible is straight up like this.
Its like this:
Its like this:
"Hey Beckie. Life sucks sometimes, but take it in your stride, with me by your side. I didnt promise you a perfect life, and easy life. I just promised you life. Love, Jesus."
Thats pretty cool huh.
I cant answer the age old question "why do bad things happen to good people?", but I can say from experience that often that stink stuff turns out to be not so bad in the end. Yeah I know, people die prematurely, and wars are started, and people make mistakes and such, but thats not to say we can grow through suffering and pain. Because we absolutely can. In the midst of sadness, of trial, I try to remind myself that I dont see much, I see right now, how life is changing now and what it will mean for me now. But God, he can see a lot further. While Im sitting here seeing the now, Hes seeing forever, my entire lifetime, and eternity.
Eternity.
And thats really comforting. Even though Jesus gave me free will, and so I make all my own decisions, screw ups and all, theres always a lesson to be learnt that will, bluntly, make me stronger. Stronger in myself, and stronger in Him.
He never promised an easy life, but He promised us life.
Thats pretty cool huh.
I cant answer the age old question "why do bad things happen to good people?", but I can say from experience that often that stink stuff turns out to be not so bad in the end. Yeah I know, people die prematurely, and wars are started, and people make mistakes and such, but thats not to say we can grow through suffering and pain. Because we absolutely can. In the midst of sadness, of trial, I try to remind myself that I dont see much, I see right now, how life is changing now and what it will mean for me now. But God, he can see a lot further. While Im sitting here seeing the now, Hes seeing forever, my entire lifetime, and eternity.
Eternity.
And thats really comforting. Even though Jesus gave me free will, and so I make all my own decisions, screw ups and all, theres always a lesson to be learnt that will, bluntly, make me stronger. Stronger in myself, and stronger in Him.
He never promised an easy life, but He promised us life.
I love how you make such simple sense out of the bible. You have a gift that I have not seen in many years. It would be a mistake to not share this gift of writing and inspiring with many.
ReplyDeleteDon’t let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use.
- Earl Nightingale
“There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn what we need to learn; whatever steps we take, they're necessary to reach the places we've chosen to go.”
- Richard Bach