Good morning facebook! We do not serve a distant and detached God who spouts encouraging clichés safely from the sideline. Instead, He enters into our suffering. Jesus did it in the incarnation, and his spirit does it in us now. God will never leave us on our own. Refuse to give up. Be patient and persistent. The Bible says, let the process go on until your endurance is fully developed, and you will find that you have become men of character ...with no weak spots. Character building is a slow process. Whenever we try to avoid or escape the difficulties in life, we short circuit the process, delay growth, and actually end up in a worse kind of pain, the worthless type that accompanies denial and avoidance. When we grasp the eternal consequences of our character development we will pray fewer comfort me or make me feel good prayers and more Conform me prayers. We will know we are maturing when we begin to see the hand of God in the random, baffling, and seemingly pointless circumstances of life. Instead of Why Me? instead ask What do you want me to learn? Then trust God. Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life
Posted on: Sat, 07 Jun 2014 14:03:15 +0000
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