Trials
The Bible says, “O LORD, thou art my God; I will exalt
thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness
and truth. For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be
no city; it shall never be built. Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations shall fear
thee. For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow
from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall. Thou shalt bring down
the noise of strangers, as the heat in a dry place; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of the terrible
ones shall be brought low. And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast
of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined. And he will destroy in this mountain
the face of the covering cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations. He will swallow up death in victory;
and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the
earth: for the LORD hath spoken it.” Isaiah 25:1-8 (KJV)
A funny
thing happened in Darlington, Maryland, several years ago. Edith, a mother of eight, was coming home from a neighbor’s
house one Saturday afternoon. Things seemed too quiet as she walked across her front yard. Curious, she peered through the
screen door and saw five of her youngest children huddled together, concentrating on something. As she crept closer to them,
trying to discover the center of attention, she could not believe her eyes. Smack dab in the middle of the circle were five
baby skunks. Edith screamed at the top of her voice, “Quick, children...run!” Each kid grabbed a skunk and ran.
Paul said in Romans 8:17-18 (KJV) “For I reckon that the sufferings
of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.”
Daily Chronological Bible Reading:
Isaiah 23-27
