Ever fill a bathtub up with super hot water and then have a hard time getting in? You want to sink down and relax and breathe in the steam, but when you put your foot in the scalding water it feels like you lit it on fire? It takes an excruciating five or so minutes of gritting your teeth and feeling the burn before you start to get used to it; and then all those muscles unclench and the wrinkles in your forehead smooth out and for the first time you exhale with a smile. I think adversity is this way sometimes. At first it hurts: hurts so bad you cant hardly stand it. You try to grin and bear the pain but everything in you is screaming run. But if youll just hang on a while youll find it doesnt hurt quite so much anymore and that hot water youre in is helping you calm down and let go of some things...In fact, that water will start to cool down and by then youve washed some of the stink off, found a little relief and figured the burn was worth the bath. Nobody likes to get in (figurative) hot water. I know I dont! But I find that Romans 8:28 never fails and the burn is always worth the bath.
Posted on: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 16:58:24 +0000