Thursday, September 14, 2017

The Glory Side

Oh, yes, there is a 'glory side' to every problem, affliction, perplexity, misunderstanding and loss.  It is God's point of view.  When we look at things the way He does, our suffering becomes a servant, our trials become treasures, our loss becomes gain, and our pain becomes blessing.


[Matilda Nordtvedt]




1 Peter 4:13 ... But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.



James 1:2-4 ... My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;  Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.





Romans 9:21-23 ... Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonor?  What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:  And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,❤