Today was a just plain rough day. There will always be those days, I suppose, when something you have poured into deeply disappoints you just as deeply. It was one of those days.
It has us praising the Lord this evening. Praising the Lord that we are NEVER disappointed whenever we pour into Him. And that when we are disappointed by people, He continues to be faithful, and to encourage us, and to pick us up.
"For we do not preach ourselves
but we preach Jesus as Lord,
and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.
For God, who said,
'Light shall shine out of darkness,'
is the One who has shone
in our hearts to give the Light.
For we have this treasure in earthen vessels,
so that the surpassing greatness of the power
will be of God and not from ourselves;
we are afflicted in many ways,
but not crushed;
perplexed, but not despairing;
persecuted, but not forsaken;
struck down, but not destroyed;
always carrying about in the body
the dying of Jesus,
so that the life of Jesus
also may be manifested in our body."
2 Corinthians 4
"But thanks be to God,
who always leads us in triumph in Jesus,
and manifests through us
the sweet aroma of the knowledge of Him
in every place."
2 Corinthians 3:14
Rough days are meant to exist to help us recognize the beauty of good days.
ReplyDeleteI can smell HIS lovely aroma all the way up here in Kansas from your hearts
ReplyDeleteDo not let the weaknesess of others determine your perserverance (or mood!)but remain "steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord because you KNOW your labor is not in vain"
see you in 12 sleeps!!
Love charlie