Every difficulty and every temptation that comes our way, if we receive it correctly, is God's opportunity.
As I remember how I have seen God use terrible circumstances in my life as stepping stones to increase my faith and provide opportunities to glorify Him through those experiences, I cannot help but smile at His sovereignty and wisdom.
Being a disciple comes with a cost to denying ourselves of the things we want, taking up our cross daily and putting to death all of our selfish desires and following Him no matter what storms are twisting in our lives that day.
If God did not spare His only son from the agony and pain of the cross, then we should not expect Him to spare us from the cost of being His disciple.
There is no loss that any one of us could experience that would hold a candle to what Christ endured on the cross for our sake.
Active faith gives thanks for a promise even though it is not yet performed, knowing God's contracts are as good as cash. - Matthew Henry
Whatever our cost, it will never measure to what it cost Jesus on Calvary's cross to secure our place in Heaven.
Blessings,
Dalinda
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