My times are in His hands. ( Revelation 1 v 18)

A lovely Christian lady in the church I attend recently celebrated her 90th birthday, she told me that when she was 50 she had to go into hospital ,as regards a heart problem,There came a point when they discharged her  from the hospital ,the consultant told her ,they had done all they could for her,at most she may live till she was 70.I dont think we should ignor what the consultants say and not accept the reality for often what they say happens. But ultimately our times in God's hands ,that's what's important, the apostle Paul went through a tremendous lot of suffering in 2 Corithians 11 he relates what he went through.He received 40 lashes minus one,beaten three times with rods,pelted with stones,three times ship wrecked,spent a a day and a night in the open sea. He mentioned dangers form rivers.bandits,his fellow Jews and so we could go on. But the time came when he would die a martyrs death at the hand of the Romans.God granted him a consicousness that death was coming ( 2 Timothy 4 v6-8) Let us always remember God is sovereign and as John Ryland wrote,

                                                           

                                                    'Plagues and deaths around me fly;

                                                     Till He bids,I cannot die;

                                                     Not a single shaft can hit,

                                                     Till the God of love sees fit'

                                                    

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