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Hebrews 5:8 "Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered.

 

"It is one thing for us to obey God in favorable circumstances.  It is quite another for us to learn to be obedient in suffering…We usually don't mind doing the right thing when we get rewarded for it.  What that means is that we have not learned obedience. 

"Obedience requires no reward.  Obedience is its own reward…I must learn to do what is right when there is no reward, and even when it causes me trouble.  I must learn to do the right thing when it doesn't change my circumstances for the better, and at times even if it makes them worse."

~Weathering the Storms of Life by Dennis Corle

 

Just a Thought for This Day – “Waiting on God brings us to our journey’s end quicker than our feet.” ~Streams in the Desert

(By the way, I am still without a working computer, but hope to find my new power cord in the mailbox today.)

Wishing you a great day,
Alesha

 

A Thought for Today – "It doesn't cost you a dime to become a Christian. But it'll cost you something to be a Disciple after you become a Christian" ~Lester Roloff

Just a little note to tell you that I am still without my laptop, and therefore the "Hope" devotions will not be posting on their regular schedule. Typing on a Nook touchscreen with 2 fingers makes long post quite tedious. 🙂 I invite you to click the "A Door of Hope" tab at the top of my blog to read one of the archived devotional posts there. Thank you so much for reading my posts here on my little blog. I appreciate it so much. ~Alesha

 

"We must keep faith, we must keep hope, we must keep courage, we must keep Christ.  We would better creep away from the battle field at once if we are not going to be brave.  There is no time for the soul to stampede.  Keep the skyward look, my soul; keep the skyward look!" ~Streams in the Desert

 

"For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:
 But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:
 Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;" II Corinthians 1:8-10

 

"When each earthly prop gives under,

And life seems a restless sea,

Are you then a God-kept wonder,

Satisfied and calm and free?"

~Streams in the Desert

 

Troubles will come.  We could not stop them, if we would.  They are sent from God to refine us, to strengthen us, to make us more like Him.

Why then should we lose hope in the midst of the trial?

Even when we despair of life, as Paul did in the above verses, we must "trust that he will yet deliver us"!

God is able to bring us through…to bring us out.

Place your trust in that truth and lean confidently, calmly, on Him, as you ride out the storm.