May every hard and painful moment today be a reminder that soon heaven will break on your horizon.
Hi, I’m Joni Eareckson Tada, and the other day, I came across something I wrote when I battled stage III cancer many years ago. I wrote: “If earth’s happiest moments are slices of heaven, then our tragic moments [sure] make us yearn for it.” You know, I wrote that when I was very sick from chemotherapy. A quadriplegic like me battling cancer, it was near impossible. But I am convinced that God allowed it all so that I might not become soft and settled into the comforts of this world, because the Bible tells me time and again that this world can never, ever keep its promises. All will decay, all will die and disappear. Ah, but heaven – there’s where the real story begins. So, do not despise your trials, friend. May every hard and painful moment be a reminder that soon heaven will break on your horizon.
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