Everything

See everything in the light of God, for
ir matters more than any earthly thing.

Their weapons made them strong, but they did not make them wise. God gives wisdom, and often, it is gained by constant struggle, and not without gratitude. Humility makes men wise, and humility is born of a great deal of pain.

The modern obsession with comfort and pleasure and having fun has gotten people universally into trouble, and sometimes they were lost.

Blessed is the man who sees the pain he endured and it's connection with salvation. If you recognize your mistakes, sometimes the knowledge gained can make a happy time, for joy comes out of great pains and sufferings borne with a strength just barely sufficient for the need.

The longing to be lifted up is the grace of God embracing you, giving you a reason to live, and a reason to endure. He reveals Himself when seeing Him will do the most good, and not go to waste or be squandered on trivialities.

Unless we are reduced to such straits, we will not sail where He needs us to go, for the waves break over the reef and you can clearly see the danger of being pounded on the coral, hard as rock and sharp as shark's teeth.

The way you went in, is the way you must go out if you want to venture on.

The most terrible sting is sometimes the man you loved the most, or whom you thought was a true friend. But there are times people like to play games, and the play causes a great hurt. They may not have intended so much pain, but there it is. What we do with it shows the Lord who we really are. To continue to be the gentle, loving creature who so captured Jesus' Heart is to triumph, and He doesn't mind lifting up someone who has suffered greatly, so he knows the love of God toward them without a doubt.

It is important to be true to one another, for God gives us our friends, and true friends invariably need us. Some people are willing to throw away friendship because the game of power is so compelling they can't say no to themselves, and instead, they are more than ready to destroy, invade and kill, even though having what they want means it will be totally laid waste. Woe to a man who casts away divine friendship for power and profit. It paints a man in the lousiest colors there are.

God is above the pettiness of politics and power, or empires and marketplaces. The little  people of the world suffer because they do not have the knowledge that brings power. Instead God gives them knowledge of Himself, and they would not trade it for anything.

When God is all we have, we should be grateful for what we have because it is no mean thing. What God gives, no man can take away, but he can give it away himself, and sob without comfort as he sits in the dirt of the floor pondering what he lost.