“He gives more grace.” James 4:6 NKJV
Nancy
and Ed Huizinga were at church rehearsing for the Christmas programme
when their home burned down. It wasn’t their first tragedy that year.
Three months earlier when a friend, a widow with two teenagers, died of
cancer, the Huizingas took her kids to live with them as part of the
family. So when their house was destroyed it wasn’t just their home they
lost, it was home to two kids who’d already lost their parents.
The
following week as they sifted through the ashes they found a slip of
paper that survived the fire. On it they read these words: ‘Contentment:
Realising God has already provided everything we need for our present
happiness.’ God gives you ‘more grace’ when you walk through fiery
trials.
One Bible teacher says: ‘Our perspective changes when we catch a
glimpse of the purpose of Christ. Take that away, and it’s nothing more
than a bitter, terrible experience. Suffering comes in many forms, but
His grace is always there to carry us beyond it. I’ve endured a
sufficient number of trials to say without hesitation that only Christ’s
perspective can replace resentment with rejoicing.
Jesus is the central
piece of suffering’s puzzle. If we fit Him into place, the rest begins
to make sense.’ Donna VanLiere writes: ‘When life blindsides us…and the
diagnosis, abuse, foreclosure, broken marriage, death or financial
collapse brings us to our knees…grace says there’s more love after
infidelity, more joy after the diagnosis, and more life after financial
ruin…grace is real…an indomitable gift with power to change your life.
But it comes with one condition - like any gift, you have to reach out
and take it.’
By: Bobgass
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