Wednesday, May 29, 2024

May 29th - Our Light Affliction

"For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory." (2 Corinthians 4:17)
Now consider what Paul considered "light"...
“…five times I received from the Jews thirty-nine lashes. Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked, a night and a day I have spent in the deep…many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and exposure.” (2 Corinthians 4:24-27)
As bad as it may seem from time to time, our problems are light when compared to the "weight of glory" that awaits us at the close of this life and our resurrection to immortality.
"For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former things will not be remembered or come to mind.” (Isaiah 65:17)

"...as it is written: What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived -- the things God has prepared for those who love him.” (1 Corinthians 2:9)
And all will eventually love Him when they realize their sins are forgiven and forgotten.

December 23rd - Merry Christmas Israel!

"For a Boy, He is born to us; a Son, He is given to us, and the Chieftainship shall come to be on His shoulder, and one shall call His ...