26 years ago today I was in labor with my Benjamin. So, this morning as I celebrate the life of my sweet buddy, I celebrate the promise that God made through Jesus Christ and focus on Him…believing that He is making me pure and holy so that I can stand before Him…a pure and holy God! With that…His peace rests on my weary shoulders and strengthens me for the plan that He has ordained for today!!
“For I consider [from the standpoint of faith] that the sufferings of the present life are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is about to be revealed to us and in us! For [even the whole] creation [all nature] waits eagerly for the children of God to be revealed.
For the creation was subjected to frustration and futility, not willingly [because of some intentional fault on its part], but by the will of Him who subjected it, in hope [Eccl 1:2] that the creation itself will also be freed from its bondage to decay [and gain entrance] into the glorious freedom of the children of God.
For we know that the whole creation has been moaning together as in the pains of childbirth until now. [Jer 12:4, 11] And not only this, but we too, who have the first fruits of the Spirit [a joyful indication of the blessings to come], even we groan inwardly, as we wait eagerly for [the sign of] our adoption as sons—the redemption and transformation of our body [at the resurrection]. [2 Cor 5:2, 4; Eph 4:30]
For in this hope we were saved [by faith]. But hope [the object of] which is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he already sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait eagerly for it with patience and composure.”
Romans 8:18-25 AMP
“But when that which is complete and perfect comes, that which is incomplete and partial will pass away.” 1 Cor 13:10
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