God lives and works today.
His eyes look down upon each one of
His children.
Nothing in our lives is hidden to Him.
Nothing happens that He does not allow according
to His wise fatherly will.
God has an eternal goal for us.
Listen to the following meditation by Basilia Schlink.
Almost nothing is more important than our attitude
towards suffering, towards the cross in our lives.
Why?
It's our attitude towards the cross, if it's
the right attitude, that will help us to
bear our suffering more easily and to be
comforted.
In addition, our life in eternity hinges upon
our attitude towards the cross and the suffering
we must bear in this life.
For our attitude creates a heaven or a
hell on earth.
And where we live on earth will determine
our eternal dwelling place, too.
It may also be that I've made every
effort to escape from my suffering, even by
becoming involved in serious sin.
However, none of our efforts can ever help
us escape the difficulties and chastisements the Lord
has put into our lives.
For behind our difficulties is the hand of
the living God, who is the judge and
the ruler over the living and over the
dead.
It's utmost foolishness to try to push away
the suffering He sends us, because He's love
and only has our best interests at heart.
Therefore, the consequences of trying to escape suffering
are very great.
I praise their blessing, their birth confessing the
paths of pain and darkest night.
God's will is goodness and loving-kindness, and
good their ways He leads us on.
To suffer in the right way means to
accept our cross, praising and giving thanks for
it.
God in His grace is chastening us and
preparing us for eternity.
One day we must all face death in
the judgment seat of God.
However, in Romans 8, 17 we read that
if we suffer with Christ, we will also
share His glory.
That's incomprehensible.
Crowns and thrones and glory are awaiting those
who come out of tribulation, who have overcome.
They are the ones who have learned the
lessons of the cross and suffering.
What grace God has poured out upon our
lives through these trials!
From the very beginning, God planned that the
cross and pain should bring His grace and
glory.
And because He is love, this grace and
glory can be ours in eternity, and already
here on earth, too.
I'll suffer gladly if that prepares me for
endless glorious life above.
Still priceless suffering, sinners transforming for everlasting
life with Christ.
You have been listening to a program written
by Basilia Schlink of the Little Land of
Canaan.
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