Replies

1 posted on 06/10/2016 5:09:12 AM PDT by Gamecock

To: Alex Murphy; bkaycee; blue-duncan; boatbums; caww; CynicalBear; daniel1212; Dutchboy88; ealgeone; ..

2 posted on 06/10/2016 5:09:59 AM PDT by Gamecock ( Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul...Matthew 10:28)

Thanks. It seems like I get through 1 trial and then there is another. I’m tired and reading this was good.

3 posted on 06/10/2016 5:36:17 AM PDT by luckystarmom

There are no guarantees that life will be easy, comfortable, and pain-free.

Nope, there isn't.

4 posted on 06/10/2016 10:51:50 AM PDT by Lee N. Field ("I don't care if there's a billion of you. You're in a cult.")

5 posted on 06/10/2016 2:27:59 PM PDT by lupie

For some of us, we will live a life of suffering. We may struggle with chronic pain (as Paul did). We may never be free of sorrow or conflict or struggle. If we face that suffering while standing on sand, we will get pulled under. Instead, we need to stand on solid ground. We need to focus on who God is and what he has done. We need to know our God. We need to know his character. Then we too can say along with David, “The LORD is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?”

Amen! I truly believe that God permits suffering in our lives to grow and strengthen our faith. It is the kind of faith that will persevere no matter what comes our way. It helps us to properly place to whom goes ALL the glory.

Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches: But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the Lord which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the Lord. (Jeremiah 9:23,24)

6 posted on 06/10/2016 9:29:59 PM PDT by boatbums (God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to Him.)

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794