Thursday, June 28, 2012

What if it doesn't get better?




Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees.  "Make level paths for your feet," so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed. Heb 12:12-13




Wherever you may live, and whatever may be your trials; however great your difficulties, and however small your helps; nothing should prevent your aiming at the highest standard, to behave like one who believes that Christ is coming again! You should resolve, by God’s help, to live so that the day of Christ shall find you needing as little change as possible! You should seek to have . . .

your tastes so heavenly,

    your affections so spiritual,

            your will so subdued,

                    your mind so unworldly —

that when the Lord appears, you may be thoroughly in tune for His kingdom!

-J.C. Ryle

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Tuesday, June 19, 2012

When Life is Unfair

"You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, to accomplish what is not being done, the saving of many lives." Gen 50:20

Walking hand-in-hand with God, is no guarantee of personal comfort or safety.  In fact, walking hand-in-hand with God, will oftentimes draw the attention of Satan to personally attack us by every means possible.  He does this to steal the peace and joy that is ours in Jesus Christ.   But take heart, God will see us though if we will remain faithful to the end!

"Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal." 2 Cor 4:16-18