There Will Be A Day

Many things have happened to me. Many good, many bad. I’ve learned not to keep score, for I have found that there is an endless way of making the score come out however it suites me at the time, and though I would like things to be as wonderful and perfect as possible, I cannot seem to allow myself that happiness, and the score will always turn out at odds with “poor me”.

I've been struck with this thought recently: Those who have never experienced great pain, those who have never been thrust to their knees, they cannot say how good it is to be close to the Lord. We who have pasts, ugly pasts that make us tremble to even think about let alone share with any part of the world, we know true dependence on God, and how *wonderful* it is to be His, especially when we need Him. Who can appreciate anything that isn't needed? If we had perfect lives, then we wouldn't need God. How wonderful that they are not perfect, and we do need our Father, and we rejoice when He leans down to carry us in our need. We can give thanks for the pain, the hurt, the agony, the betrayal, the trials of life, because thanks to them we can feel closer to God than ever. We know very well that we have someone we can depend on.

I am reminded of pain I have experienced over the years; the ones that ate at my soul. And I think back to how I got through them. I wonder how I could have possibly ever gotten through them. I know. God. He was always there, and He gave me joy, even in my my great and many sorrows. I wanted to share the thought with you. Even though it may kill me to be in the fire, I may count it as a privilege to be refined. The more refining I go through, the more fire I am exposed to, how much purer gold will I be when I come through? I am strengthened and purified through the fire and pain in God's grace to me, His servant.

I want to encourage you, reader; my friends. I know several people right now who are experiencing heavy trials. You have friends and family members in the hospital: sick, and dying. You have medical problems of your own that cause you daily struggle. You have friends change before your eyes in ways that you could never have imagined. You seek comfort and feel you are alone... Let me remind you that you are not alone, and when the world falls before you turn to the One who keeps it turning on beneath you. He is the ultimate healer, and if He does not heal the bodies of your loved ones He will heal your aching hearts. But know this also: there will be a day! This world is not our home; we're just passing through. No more pain. No more sorrows. No more fears. No more tears. No more unsure tomorrows. No more dying of the body. No more dying of the soul. Just the Savior, oh and His sweet mercies that will never end. There will be a day! Oh, friend, let your pain bring you hope and peace and happiness, if only because it is a reminder of the joy that is to come. There will be a day, and we will stand before Him, amazed in His presence, with Him until beyond the end of time...