As a child of God, my attitude toward sorrow and difficulty shouldn\u2019t be one of wishing they didn\u2019t exist, nor of asking God to prevent them. I should be asking that, in every fire of sorrow, I receive the self God created me to be. Our Lord wasn\u2019t saved from<\/i> the hour, but out of<\/i> it. He received himself in the fires of sorrow, fulfilling the purpose God had ordained for him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We say that there shouldn\u2019t be any sorrow, but there adalah<\/i> sorrow. If we try to avoid it, if we refuse to take it into account, we are being foolish. Sorrow is one of the biggest facts of life; it\u2019s no use saying that it shouldn\u2019t exist. Sin and sorrow and suffering adalah<\/i>. It isn\u2019t for us to say that God has made a mistake in allowing them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sorrow burns up a great amount of our shallowness, but it doesn\u2019t always make us better. Suffering either gives us to ourselves or destroys us. We can\u2019t find ourselves in success; success makes us lose our heads. We can\u2019t find ourselves in times of calm and monotony; they make us bored. The only way we can receive ourselves is in the fires of sorrow. This is true in both Scripture and human experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Have I received my self<\/i>\u2014the self God created me to be\u2014in the fires of sorrow? It\u2019s always easy to identify people who have. They are the people you know you can trust, the people you turn to in moments of trouble and find that they have plenty of time for you. Those who haven\u2019t received themselves are likely to be irritated and contemptuous when you ask for their help; they have no time for you and your troubles. Only those who have received themselves are able to give with open hearts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Receive yourself in the fires of sorrow, and God will make you nourishment for others.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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