We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed

 

Prayer

FATHER GOD, it is hard to desire testing in order to be more Christlike.  However, I know from experience that we rarely grow in good times.   It's the intense heat that makes us pure.  May I be gold and not wood, hay, or stubble.  In JESUS'S name.  Amen.

Thoughts For Action

• Write down in  your journal what pain and/or test you are experiencing today.

• Take a step to help yourself work toward becoming as gold.

• Write al letter to GOD about how you feel.

• Get involved in a support group.

 

Psalm 66:10-12 King James Version (KJV)

¹⁰ For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
¹¹ Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our loins.
¹² Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place.

 

2 Corinthians 4:7-9 King James Version (KJV)

⁷ But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
⁸ We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
⁹ Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;