From Suffering To Glory
For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. Romans 8:18
In this life & the next, we will suffer. Whether as a believer or not, suffering will come. But the Bible says as disciples of Christ, if we suffer with Him, we'll reign with Him also. In childbirth a mother goes 9 months of discomfort, & then agonizing pain 'til the birth of a baby, then glory has arrived & all the pain & toil is forgotten. Much the same in this life God allows suffering in this life to build our spiritual muscles, the fruit
of the spirit, love, joy, peace, long suffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, & self-control. Much like lifting weights 
it's hurts in the beginning, but after we suffer a while God who calls us, perfects, establishes, strengthens, & settles us. We grow muscles by giving diligence, adding faith, virtue, knowledge, self-control, perseravence, & godliness @ that point we're bodybuilding in the spirit. There is a story of a man & a emperor moth, the man kept the cocoon for almost a year. A narrow opening is left in the neck of the flask of which the insect MUST force itself out. It's never w/o great labor & difficulty. The narrow passage forces the juices into the vessel of wings which are less developed @ the start.
The man happened to witness the moth escaping its long prison term. The moth struggled & strived to get out, to the point the man's patience was exhausted. He thought he was wiser than its Maker & helped the moth out by snipping the exit point making it bigger & easier. The moth came out easy but, it came out lame with underdeveloped wings & couldn't fly & had a brief life.
Moral of the story our Father's love
is too true to be weak. Because He loves His children, He chastises us, to partake of His holiness. He can care less of our crying that we're made perfect through suffering, Brothers & sisters, let God's chrysalis work itself out in each of our lives
In this life & the next, we will suffer. Whether as a believer or not, suffering will come. But the Bible says as disciples of Christ, if we suffer with Him, we'll reign with Him also. In childbirth a mother goes 9 months of discomfort, & then agonizing pain 'til the birth of a baby, then glory has arrived & all the pain & toil is forgotten. Much the same in this life God allows suffering in this life to build our spiritual muscles, the fruit
of the spirit, love, joy, peace, long suffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, & self-control. Much like lifting weights it's hurts in the beginning, but after we suffer a while God who calls us, perfects, establishes, strengthens, & settles us. We grow muscles by giving diligence, adding faith, virtue, knowledge, self-control, perseravence, & godliness @ that point we're bodybuilding in the spirit. There is a story of a man & a emperor moth, the man kept the cocoon for almost a year. A narrow opening is left in the neck of the flask of which the insect MUST force itself out. It's never w/o great labor & difficulty. The narrow passage forces the juices into the vessel of wings which are less developed @ the start.The man happened to witness the moth escaping its long prison term. The moth struggled & strived to get out, to the point the man's patience was exhausted. He thought he was wiser than its Maker & helped the moth out by snipping the exit point making it bigger & easier. The moth came out easy but, it came out lame with underdeveloped wings & couldn't fly & had a brief life.
Moral of the story our Father's love
is too true to be weak. Because He loves His children, He chastises us, to partake of His holiness. He can care less of our crying that we're made perfect through suffering, Brothers & sisters, let God's chrysalis work itself out in each of our livesRecent
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That’s so good! I like that story of the moth. I’ve never heard it before. That’s true. What we go through is only for our benefit and to make us stronger
I really enjoyed this! If you want reign with Him you must first suffer. The process of the suffering, really does help us to finish strong.