"Don't long for the absence of problems in your life. This is an unrealistic goal, since 'in this world you will have troubles'. You have an eternity of problem-free living in Heaven. Rejoice in that inheritance...and do not seek your Heaven on earth..."
*Sarah Young, Jesus Calling (today)
A whole lot of things have happened in the last few days that have created a heaviness in my heart. A heaviness that, as we fastly approach the anticipation of having baby Adelynn in our arms, reminds me that God is in the World...that He provides joy and glimpses of Heaven throughout our short time here on Earth, but that our earthly bodies are frail, weak, and temporary. Our bodies merely temporarily house an eternal soul. So shouldn't we be working more on sanctifying that soul (which will last forever) than our body (which will crumble and rot)?
I loved waking up to my devotional this morning to read what I posted above...it was perfect. Praise the Lord God provides joy and Himself to us here on earth...but PRAISE THE LORD even more that an eternity of rejoicing in unison with our MAKER exists for those who love Him.
I LOVE this quote by C.S. Lewis:
"If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world." (Problem of Pain)
And then I went ahead and posted some other favorites:
“God has not been trying an experiment on my faith or love in order to find out their quality. He knew it already. It was I who didn’t. In this trial He makes us occupy the dock, the witness box, and the bench all at once. He always knew that my temple was a house of cards. His only way of making me realize the fact was to knock it down.”
"God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in
our pains: it is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world." (Mere Christianity)
"It was when I was happiest that I longed most...The sweetest thing in all my
life has been the longing...to find the place where all the beauty came from." (Till We Have Faces)
"At present we are on the outside of the world, the wrong side of the door. We
discern the freshness and purity of morning, but they do not make us fresh and
pure. We cannot mingle with the splendours we see. But all the leaves of the New
Testament are rustling with the rumour that it will not always be so. Some day,
God willing, we shall get in."
“I didn’t go to religion to make me happy. I always knew a bottle of Port would do that. If you want a religion to make you feel really comfortable, I certainly don’t recommend Christianity.”
*C.S. Lewis
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