These three remain Faith, Hope and Love...( 1 Corinthians 13:13) These are what endure the test of time. When everything else passes away this is what will remain. I discern that there are some of my brothers and sisters that are in need of much encouragement and prayer.
That you may feel as if God has abandoned you. I would like to tell you NO he has not nor will He ever. Paul felt the same way and wrote about it in (2 Corinthians 1:8-9) For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, in so much that we despaired even of life:
But we had the sentence of death in ourselves that we should NOT trust in ourselves, but in God which raises the dead. Paul was brought through such refining that he did not think he would endure....he did not want us to be unaware about it, because we too have been called to endure IN Christ.
Weeping may endure through the night...but joy comes in the morning. (Psalm 30:5) The truth is God is not ignorant nor unfamiliar to the pain you are experiencing, he may want to teach you a deeper truth to this... Weeping may endure through the night...but joy comes in the "mourning"... Just think about what our Father was going through those 2 nights, eagerly awaiting for the third morning to come.
I am sure that he was anticipating the break of dawn when his JOY would break forth through the morning/mourning and his beloved son would CONQUER the grave!
There is nothing that you are going through, that cannot be used for the Good of those who LOVE God.
Endure. JOY comes in the morning.!
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