What A Day....Eventually.

And so Romans continues, as it seems like it always will!


Romans 8:31: So knowing we will suffer, because of the fall and all that is entailed with that, this verse is easier to understand (context helps!). We can know that in spite of all that happens and will happen, that God is still for us, and one day we will see creation finally redeemed and we will sit at Jesus’ side!

Romans 8:32: Christ suffered, we will as well. So take joy in the sufferings now, because they are proof of the other side of the coin. We suffer now, we partake in glory later. Often this seems like a bad deal now, because we hate suffering and really don’t know how to cope. But think, what if that is true with God’s glory as well? What if that glory we will share in is so ridiculously good that we won’t know how to cope with that? Makes my head hurt…in a good way. People who are “cutters” cut themselves so they’ll feel something. In some ways I think our suffering is like that, to remind us that we can feel things. We feel pain, loss, frustration NOW…but,

There is coming a day,
When no heart aches shall come,

No more clouds in the sky,

No more tears to dim the eye,

All is peace forever more,

On that happy golden shore,

What a day, glorious day that will be.

There'll be no sorrow there,

No more burdens to bear,

No more sickness, no pain,

No more parting over there;

And forever I will be,

With the One who died for me,

What a day, glorious day that will be.

What a day that will be,

When my Jesus I shall see,

And I look upon His face,

The One who saved me by His grace;

When He takes me by the hand,

And leads me through the Promised Land,

What a day, glorious day that will be.