FROM TODAY’S READING…
“This life, no matter how long it lasts, is a momentary affliction preparing us for eternal glory. We shouldn’t pray for an easy life, but the strength to endure a difficult one. Because the experience of suffering is the fullest expression of God’s love. It is a chance to be closer to Christ. Now, no one suffers perfectly. For sure not me. Even Christ had his moment of despair.”
Mark Wahlberg (as Father Stu)
1 Peter 2:21 (NLT) For God called you to do good, even if it means suffering, just as Christ suffered for you. He is your example, and you must follow in his steps.
Romans 8:18 (NLT) Yet what we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory he will reveal to us later.
John 16:33 (NLT) I (Jesus) have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.
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