Had a yearly physical with the doctor yesterday. He said he was two years out from losing his mother; one year out, almost to the day, of losing his daughter to a drug overdose; and he was going to have to put down his 12 year old dog after leaving work last night. We encounter innumerable people on any given day, but rarely know all they’re dealing with. “Everybody hurts,” as REM told us. Or, maybe better, “Man is born for trouble as the sparks fly upward” (Job 5:7). If you are living a life that has been relatively free of death or other major struggles, you are unusual in this world. But the trouble will eventually find you. And when it does, you won’t be ready for it, as much as you might think you will. There is an ease to it for those who are in Christ, that is true. We know it has a purpose and a final destination, and that gives comfort. It was decreed and ordered by your loving Father for His glory and your eternal good. But as much as Christ really felt the nails, so will you. It is in holding the sympathy and promises of God before you as you go through it that you maintain hope, grow in faith, and, even in the darkness, find joy.
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