We do not
have to live long to discover that painful trials are a very real part of the
journey of life. Sufferings come in many
forms. 1 Peter 4: 12-19 speaks of
sufferings that had come because the community of faith bore the name of Christ
as Christians. They had suffered for
living as Christians, which made them as strangers in the world. These kinds of sufferings may also come in our
lifetime. For just as Christ suffered, so
we also may suffer as we follow after him.
Yet in Christ we are given a very great promise. For in him, we do not suffer without
hope. Through Christ our sufferings are
transformed and in the midst of them, God will reveal his glory in our hearts. As we entrust ourselves to our faithful
Creator, we are given the strength, guidance, wonder, comfort and consolation
of heaven. We are profoundly loved and
carried along by the Spirit of God.
Dear
Heavenly Father help us to entrust ourselves to you, to rest in the shadow of
your wing and to wait upon you. Reveal
within us, your glory in the midst of all our trials and sufferings and in
Christ may we grow through all experiences of life, in deeper communion with
you. Amen.
Jennifer
Steil
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