How often we become resentful when we have to bear trials,
when sorrow and misfortunes come knocking at our door. ”Why me Lord?” we ask,
“Why is life so unfair to me?”
But it isn't really, you know. Every single person has
problems, only some have learnt the secret of dealing with them. They have
followed in Christ‘s footsteps, for did He not accept the agony of the Cross to
bring us forgiveness, and did He not rise again and triumph over death?
And these folk who go through life so serenely and who seem
to bear their burdens so easily - how do they do it?
Maybe it is because they have learnt to accept what comes,
to know that as Christians they are not exempt from misfortune, but that they,
with God’s help, can turn every tragedy into a triumph. Do we not read in
Romans 8: 28: “we know that all things work together for good to them that love
God, to them who are called according to his purpose.”
We too then, can turn our tragedies into triumphs if we
believe that God is in control of our lives, if we ask Him for strength to bear
our burdens and if we listen to that still, small voice to guide us in His way.
Engela
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