This has become my favorite cartoon film. I remember as a kid thinking up new ways to do things and inventions I would like to create. No, I never did invent anything, but I still think that solar-powered flashlight would have been a huge hit (smile).
The hardest part for us is the Cross, and that of course is over. But you know, I’ve discovered just when we don’t think we can make it one more day, the day still comes and we seem to make it just fine. While in prison (as he was often for preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ) Paul asked the Lord to remove a thorn. He asked three times. Do you remember God’s answer? “My grace is sufficient for you for my power if made perfect in weakness,” II Corinthians 12:9. While we don’t know what the “thorn” was as it could have been as simple as a thorn; God allowed it to remain so that His power could have been seen in Paul’s weakness. Yuck! Yep, I said it. God uses our weaknesses to reveal His strength. No one really likes that, at least I don’t. That is not until God’s strength is revealed.
I can’t say the hardest part of your life is over, maybe it’s just beginning. But I do know God will see you through it, and the easiest way to endure is to tell Him about it. Even David struggled with life and all the pain involved (see Psalm 22). David finished well with a life that trusted God; and God would endure David’s Kingdom with a Spiritual Inheritance entrusted through Christ. What a victory!
So, yes, the hardest part is over. Jesus endured the worst for us that we might know Him, The Father, and The Spirit. I am so glad He did.
Praying for you,
Pastor Daniel, the praying pastor.
