It was Paul that great apostle, and great sufferer for the cause of Christ who wrote in that great letter to the Romans,/For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time , are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us[8v18].In 2 Corinthians 4 v17, he also wrote,/For our light affliction, which is for a moment ,worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory/.Now Paul suffered suffered a great deal, and yet here he wrote of our light affliction,yet his suffering was anything but light, cp [2 Corinthians 11 v23ff] In Romans 8 v18 ,Paul reminds us ,that all the suffering that the child of God endures will gave way to the glory of an eternal state,to an exceeding and eternal weight of glory.I read and pray for many Christians who are suffering,at this time,because they belong to Christ, and of course the nature of life brings with it different trials. The story is told of an old Highland woman who had to leave the clean air and the blue waters and the purple hills and live in the slum of a great city. She still lived close to God,and one day she said, God will make it up to me,and I will see the flowers again.
A prayer......./Dear God in this fallen world help us to see that some day the sun will shine again, in Jesus name Amen/
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