Our brief sufferings are building an eternal treasure so great, we’ll one day wonder why we ever doubted God’s plan.
Hi, I’m Joni Eareckson Tada. When heaven’s rewards are doled out, you and I will be stunned to see the vast and endless gains it won us. The Bible says our light and momentary affliction is accruing for us an eternal gain that far outweighs the inconvenience of earth’s hardships. Compared to heaven, our worst earthly pains will seem like a mere nuisance. When we stand amazed at the mountain of joy and pleasures which our response to suffering will have won us, we will smack our foreheads and lament, “Why, oh, why did I not trust God more?!” St. Sebastian, centuries ago, wisely observed, “When it is all over you and I will not regret having suffered; rather we will regret having suffered so little, and suffered that little so badly.” It seems impossible to grasp that when you are feeling demoralized by deep trials, but with God, all things are possible. So, today, do not suffer badly; suffer gladly.
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