Your picture made me think of the homily I heard at mass this past Sunday...so here's my advice for the day, hopefully this will cheer you up :)
The second reading this past sunday(Revelation 7:15) was about a great multitude gathered around the throne of God, praising him non stop. They will never know pain or distress, never be hungry again, they will never be inconvenienced. But the only reason these people are where they are, is because they have been through the great tribulation - life! In our world, without faith, we can think suffering is the worst possible thing that can happen, but in reality, being excluded from heaven is the worst thing, not being able to praise God and not have to worry about suffering anymore! God's will is that we know that our suffereings are temporary; heaven is eternal. When God permits us to suffer, it is only because in the long run he has our best interests at heart. Any suffering that is offered to Christ will one day be exchanged for gifts in eternal glory! We live in a time full of difficultites, but if we unite our suffereings to his, we know he will exchange them for something much better in the end!
Keep your eye on the prize Mike, I know you can do it!!! Good luck on all your upcoming tests :)
School took away a number of years from my life...
That's a crazy pic! :)
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ReplyDeleteYour picture made me think of the homily I heard at mass this past Sunday...so here's my advice for the day, hopefully this will cheer you up :)
The second reading this past sunday(Revelation 7:15) was about a great multitude gathered around the throne of God, praising him non stop. They will never know pain or distress, never be hungry again, they will never be inconvenienced. But the only reason these people are where they are, is because they have been through the great tribulation - life! In our world, without faith, we can think suffering is the worst possible thing that can happen, but in reality, being excluded from heaven is the worst thing, not being able to praise God and not have to worry about suffering anymore! God's will is that we know that our suffereings are temporary; heaven is eternal. When God permits us to suffer, it is only because in the long run he has our best interests at heart. Any suffering that is offered to Christ will one day be exchanged for gifts in eternal glory! We live in a time full of difficultites, but if we unite our suffereings to his, we know he will exchange them for something much better in the end!
Keep your eye on the prize Mike, I know you can do it!!! Good luck on all your upcoming tests :)
Thanks Mary ~ wonderful insight-
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