Today the city of New Orleans reels under two continous hurricane strikes that have left thousands homeless and more than thousand dead. In Hyderabad- India as well many have been evacuated due to flooding leaving more than 50 people dead. There is a lot of pain and suffering being endured by those who have been affected by the hurricane and flooding. It will take months for some for their lives to return to normalcy. It is at moments such as these we realize that this world is not our real home. It is only a poor reflection of what Christ has gone to prepare for us.
Christ came into the world so that we may all be united with God through his suffering and sacrifice on the cross. Christ has commissioned us to go out into the world and to bear fruits of love, joy and peace and in so doing bring especially those who are weak and suffering into a living relationship with the Heavenly Father. It is when we share Gods love with others we come to know and experience the Triune God. This enables us to be at peace with ourselves and our neighbors.
John 16: 28 I came from the Father and entered the world; now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father.
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The flood in Noahs time we tend to feel everyone was warned and asked to join Noah.No one outside the family listened to him.Do we feel God has warned us enough about what we sholud and should not.Are we really prepared well if not why not?
Dare to Stand in Your Suffering
I really want to encourage you not to despair, not to lose faith, not to let go of God in your life, but stand in your suffering as a person who believes that she is deeply loved by God. When you look inside yourself, you might sometimes be overwhelmed by all the brokenness and confusion, but when you look outside toward him who died on the cross for you, you might suddenly realize that your brokenness has been lived through for you long before you touched it yourself.
Suffering is a period in your life in which true faith can emerge, a naked faith, a faith that comes to life in the midst of great pain. The grain, indeed, has to die in order to bear fruit and when you dare to stand in your suffering, your life will bear fruit in ways that are far beyond your own predications or understanding. . . . Spend some time each morning doing nothing but simply sitting in the presence of God and saying the Jesus Prayer. Gradually, God will enter your heart in a new way and bring new light into your struggle.
Henri Nouwen
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