A famous musician knows that suffering comes before glory and fame. He knows the hours, days, and months of constant practice and self-sacrifice that precede the final performance that may be only one hour or just for a couple of minutes.
The student knows that years of study, hardship and self-renunciation preceded the proud day of graduation and honours.
Our life has its beginning in suffering.
Life’s span is marked by pain and tragedy and our lives end in death.
Anyone who expects to escape the pangs of sufferings and disappointment simply has no knowledge of the Bible, of history or life.
Life is a glorious opportunity if it is used to condition us for eternity. If we fail in this, though we may succeed in everything else, our life will have been a failure.
God made man different from the other creatures. God made man in His own image, a living soul. The Bible teaches that life does not end when the body dies. The earthly existence is terminated but the soul lives on forever.
Titus 1 : 22
a faith and knowledge resting on the hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before the beginning of time,
(0043) 12 February 2007