|
Post by Abby-Joy on May 7, 2018 21:41:18 GMT -5
It's hard sometimes to understand why we go through difficulty...why life is one hardship after another. Sometimes I just wish I had a place of solitude so I could just cry, but it seems like if I did, my heart would burst. (Do you ever feel like that?)
I know my God is faithful and I am never alone. I have tasted and seen that He is good!!! His goodness surpasses the temporal ...I am so grateful for His love, for comfort for my heart, for peace that passes understanding... and for tears when the words won't come...
|
|
|
Post by 2fw8212a on May 8, 2018 5:42:24 GMT -5
Do you ever feel like that? Yes. There are times I feel I need to cry.I know my God is faithful and I am never alone. I have tasted and seen that He is good!!! His goodness surpasses the temporal ...I am so grateful for His love, for comfort for my heart, for peace that passes understanding... and for tears when the words won't come... "Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, And whose hope is the Lord." - Jeremiah 17:7
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on May 8, 2018 18:20:05 GMT -5
Bless you Abby....yes, I can relate to what you're talking about, very much sister.....we are people of sorrows and acquainted with grief, like our Saviour was.....many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers us from them all. The suffering that we undergo in various ways is the mark of the cross in the life of a believer, it means we are "sons"...so we can count it all joy, even though it does not seem joyous for the present. We shall also reign with Him, if we suffer with Him....and who has suffered in the body is done with sin.....there are so many scriptures about suffering we would hardly know where to begin. There is no real persecutions here in the west yet, so we suffer in different ways than that, in the will of the Lord. But one thing is certain, that He is working it all together for our good, and one day He will wipe all our tears away, and we will be like a mother who forgets the pain of her labour for the joy of what has been born.
2Co 4:8-10 We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body
|
|
|
Post by frienduff on May 8, 2018 22:32:59 GMT -5
You loved lil abby. We will pray for one another .
|
|
|
Post by tlsitd on May 9, 2018 8:39:59 GMT -5
Bless you Abby....yes, I can relate to what you're talking about, very much sister.....we are people of sorrows and acquainted with grief, like our Saviour was.....many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers us from them all. The suffering that we undergo in various ways is the mark of the cross in the life of a believer, it means we are "sons"...so we can count it all joy, even though it does not seem joyous for the present. We shall also reign with Him, if we suffer with Him....and who has suffered in the body is done with sin.....there are so many scriptures about suffering we would hardly know where to begin. There is no real persecutions here in the west yet, so we suffer in different ways than that, in the will of the Lord. But one thing is certain, that He is working it all together for our good, and one day He will wipe all our tears away, and we will be like a mother who forgets the pain of her labour for the joy of what has been born. 2Co 4:8-10 We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body Amen.
|
|
|
Post by tlsitd on May 9, 2018 9:24:44 GMT -5
Yesterday I was thinking about something that I think about from time to time, whose profundity sometimes impresses me so greatly that all I can do is thank the Lord with joy and fearful awe, and that is this:
There are billions of people in this world who are worshiping a figment of their imagination, worshiping images, worshiping demons that they think are God, praying to a god that cannot save, flagellating themselves, fasting, praying so many times a day and in so many ways, wearing special clothes, eating special foods, rigorously studying and memorizing various religious texts, living ascetic lifestyles, killing and being killed, for a false 'faith' and in the vain attempt to please God and to earn a place in paradise---only to wind up in hell.
All those devout Muslims, praying 5 times a day and circling the Kaaba in Mecca---millions of people, trampling each other to follow the ritual. Millions of Hindus doing all kinds of horrible things in their various festivals to worship their gods. Buddhists trying their best to be good people by denying themselves anything that corrupts them, doing their various chants and prayers to become holier. Catholics and Mormons and Jews and Seventh Day Adventists and Amish and so many others, including the many evangelical "Christians", denominational and non-denominational, who aren't truly born-again.
Many are called but few are chosen. Many will say to Jesus, "Lord, Lord, did we not..." on the day of judgment. So many are trying in so many ways to please God, but reject the truth of His gospel, because He hasn't granted them to receive it. So much suffering in the world because of various religions---what they do to the people who adhere to them, and to those who do not. So many live lives of suffering for their 'faiths', and then go to hell.
Thinking about this is very saddening, but at the same time, reminds me of how unspeakably blessed I am to have found the Way, because God chose me. But for His mercy and sovereign choice, I would be one of those hopeless and doomed billions. No amount of suffering for Jesus' sake can compare to my gratitude to God for the gift of His election, which no man can earn. No man can choose whether he is created a goat or a sheep, wheat or a tare, a vessel of wrath or a vessel of mercy. And the thought that I could have just as easily been chosen to be a goat as a sheep is an awesomely terrifying thought.
All the more reason to be thankful to God, and faithful to my Savior to the end, come what may, because I have been given such a great gift that so many have not. When I see Muslim women covered in black from head to toe, I remember God's mercy to me. When I see the orthodox Jews in their kippahs and prayer shawls and wigs, I remember God's mercy to me. When I pass the Kingdom Hall of the Jehovah's Witnesses, I remember God's mercy to me. When I see the cathedrals, and the Mormon temple with its golden angel-topped spire, I remember God's mercy to me.
No matter what He requires of me or ordains for me, however sorrowful or weary I am, I can remember how incredibly blessed I am, and thank Him. There are no words sufficient to express my gratitude to Jesus for what He did for me---answering me when I was lost and searching desperately for the truth. But this I can give Him---and this is all that God desires in return---to thank Him with my mouth and by my obedience to Him by His grace, making use of that gift that He has given me to live for Him, day by day. There's no other acceptable or desirable sacrifice to Him.
|
|
|
Post by frienduff on May 9, 2018 12:06:52 GMT -5
And on that note sister lights , We again know what time it is ...............PRAISE THE LORD peoples , praise the LORD one and all and all and one PRAISE THE LORD . throw those hands up in the air , dance like david did unto the LORD . IT IS LORD PRAISING TIME .
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on May 9, 2018 18:52:10 GMT -5
What a lovely truth and reminder, tlsitd, makes me want to shout hallelujah!
|
|
|
Post by frienduff on May 10, 2018 12:59:27 GMT -5
Sister watchful , YOU LOVED SISTER . Now let all raise hands of praise unto the LORD who has saved us and keeps us . INTO the trenches rushing full force we go , FOR WHO LEADS , THE LORD DOES , HE is our amour , our shield , our all in all. FEAR not a thing man can do . ONWARD the battle rages on , and the climatic end of it all , we are racing towards .
|
|
|
Post by joseph on May 29, 2019 12:00:30 GMT -5
It's hard sometimes to understand why we go through difficulty...why life is one hardship after another. Sometimes I just wish I had a place of solitude so I could just cry, but it seems like if I did, my heart would burst. (Do you ever feel like that?)
I know my God is faithful and I am never alone. I have tasted and seen that He is good!!! His goodness surpasses the temporal ...I am so grateful for His love, for comfort for my heart, for peace that passes understanding... and for tears when the words won't come... .... why ...... as explained through God's Word> Painful suffering, painful persecution, is necessary and promised. It is also a daily occurrence on earth for billions of souls. (most never find salvation,btw) The world (heathen, pagan, disobedient) seek to avoid pain and suffering. The false gospels tell people 'come be saved, no worries! no pain ! just blessings!' , condemning billions of souls to eternal death..... Most 'churches' opposed to God's Word explain - "it is OKAY TO SIN, if you are in pain" .... God doesn't want you to remain in pain or suffering .... and they may never find the truth, nor help anyone. They condemn many multitudes of souls to death.....
|
|