I pray to see my troubles in the proper perspective.
I know that, as I have suffered, others have suffered and still suffer more.
I pray that I may help to relieve their pain. Amen
Looked at by Marcus Ampe from a Christian viewpoint.
De wereld bekeken vanuit een Christelijke visie door Marcus Ampe
“the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us” (verse 18).May we, by God's grace, be a part of his kingdom age.
Theodicty of Evil/Problem of Pain Bibliography
God's heart revealed
Joy
WATCH: Marco Rubio Talks About Christian Faith in New Ad
Christmas Past Message
O Night Divine
Everybody Falls!
School deletes Bible verses from 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' performance
School deletes Bible verses from 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' performance![]() |
| All About the Future (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
"My soul also is greatly troubled. But you, O LORD — how long? Turn, O LORD, deliver my life; save me for the sake of your steadfast love. For in death there is no remembrance of you; in Sheol who will give you praise?" (Psa 6:3-5).
"Do you work wonders for the dead? Do the departed rise up to praise you? Selah Is your steadfast love declared in the grave, or your faithfulness in Abaddon? Are your wonders known in the darkness, or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?" (Psa 88:10-12).
"O LORD, by these things men live, and in all these is the life of my spirit. Oh restore me to health and make me live! Behold, it was for my welfare that I had great bitterness; but in love you have delivered my life from the pit of destruction, for you have cast all my sins behind your back. For Sheol does not thank you; death does not praise you; those who go down to the pit do not hope for your faithfulness. The living, the living, he thanks you, as I do this day; the father makes known to the children your faithfulness" (Isa 38:16-19).Death completely separates man from fellowship with God. For the faithful man or woman, this is the worst possible thing that could happen. Nothing is of greater consequence. Fellowship with God is the essence of life itself.
"Then he said to them, ‘My soul is very sorrowful, even to death; remain here, and watch with me.’
And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, saying, ‘My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will’ " (Matt 26:38,39).May I suggest that the cup that Jesus prayed might pass from him was not just the cup of physical suffering? It was the bitter cup of death that would separate him from his Father and his God.
"And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, ‘Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?’ that is, ‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?’ " (Matt 27:46).Why have you abandoned me to this end? You are everything to me, even life itself!
"My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning? O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer, and by night, but I find no rest" (vv 1,2).In David’s case, the experience was some living death when he had sought but received no help from God; when he had prayed but gotten no answer. For Jesus, it was about to become the complete separation of death itself.
"Yet you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel. In you our fathers trusted; they trusted, and you delivered them. To you they cried and were rescued; in you they trusted and were not put to shame" (Psa 22:3-5).God is now forever enthroned in the praises of the Son whom He delivered from the darkness of death. But for a little while their fellowship was severed. The separation of the Father and the Son by his death was a tragedy of the ages. It was not because of anything he had done. Our sins made it happen. Hear his cry from the cross and be ashamed. God forgive us!
LISTEN: Why You Should Abandon False Shepherds and Turn to the Great Shepherd, Part 8 (Just Jesus Evangelistic Campaign, Day 144 with Daniel Whyte III)
Monday, 23 May 2016 : 8th Week of Ordinary Time (First Reading)
God Doesn't Want More FROM You. God Wants More OF You.
The Word: 2 Peter 1:1-11
The Daily Gospel and Readings 23 May 2016
05/10/2016 Scripture
we are God's Royal Priesthood!
Reflection: Righteous living and soul winning
On how to discern the Antichrist or... The Body without its Head is dead
Gratitude...