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Groans Now, Glory Later


 


Read: Romans 8:16-30


 

 

Our light affliction . is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal
weight of glory.  2 Corinthians 4: 17

 

 

I once heard a Christian seminar titled, "How To Live A Stress-Free Life."
Such an unrealistic hope promptly made me stressful!  Yet we all long for
relief from life's many pressures.

 

A Christian friend of mine whose family is experiencing tough times in
admits feeling let down by God.  She said, "I've prayed, agonized, and
claimed promises, but nothing changes.  The frustrating thing is that I know
He has the power to get us out of this.  I've seen Him do it before, but
this time He's silent."

 

Larry Crabb, in his book Inside Out, emphasizes that our only hope for
complete relief from hardship is to be with Jesus in heaven. "Until then,"
he says, "we either groan or pretend we don't."  He adds, "The experience of
groaning, however, is precisely what modern Christianity so often tries to
help us escape."

 

My friend is groaning and she's not pretending she isn't.  Like all of us,
she simply wants things to change.  But the fact is, something is changing-
she is!

 

Paul assured us in 2 Corinthians 4:17 that our present sufferings are
lightweight and brief compared with the weighty and eternal changes they are
producing in us. We grown now, but there's glory ahead (Romans 8:18).-
Joanie Yoder

 

The obstacles that we must face

Along life's rocky way

Are used by God so we might hear

"Well done" from him some day.-Sper

 

 

Thought for the day: God often uses a setback to move us forward.

            

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