DAILY?READINGS: Joshua 4 to 5:12; Isaiah 1; Luke 21:5-38
Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him. Job 13:15
The world views financial setback, physical suffering, or a loved one’s death as tragic. Conversely the mature Christian does not characterize their suffering as calamitous but instead they see God’s loving hand in all their trials. While they can be severe, trials are only temporary. They are meant to teach us, change us, and thus are invaluable. We come through them with the assurance of an approved faith. —George Ferrier
With mercy and with judgment my web of time He wove,
And aye, the dews of sorrow were lustered with His love;
I’ll bless the hand that guided, I’ll bless the heart that planned,
When throned where glory dwelleth in Immanuel’s land.
—Anne R. Cousin