"We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they are good fo us - they help us learn to endure. And endurance develops strength of character in us, and character strengthens our confident expectation of salvation." [NLT]
huh...well isn't that just a crack in my peanut? i didn't stop to think. i didn't pause to realize how i believe in this now. i emphasize now because shoot, tell me this a year or two ago and i would laugh in your face. look forward in getting beat down, filled with sorrow, pain and hurt? oh yeah! i'm sort of like...come on God - what's next? because i know i can surely use a break me down and make me whole again right about now. i'm due for an almighty experience from You. i mean the after affects of all that sorrow is grace and joy - HIS grace and joy. It's re-emphasizing what Ecclesiastes 7:3 says: "Sorrow is better than laughter, for sadness has a refining influence on us." after He has humbled me, crushed me, and put me back together - i'm not the same anymore - i'm better - not as in i'm better than the next person or anything like that. but it's more in the sense of i'm a better person to be used by Him. it's like fixing one little part of the engine to get the entire transmission to run smoothly. one piece at a time. as long as I got Jesus everything will be alright. toot toot!
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