...
...an interesting lesson from the life of an oyster:
“Oysters suffer affliction when they get a grain of sand lodged inside their
shells. No matter what they do, they can’t get rid of it. The sand gets lodged
there and it’s irritating to the oyster. It’s a thorn! It drives them crazy. To
bring comfort to their anguish, they begin to coat the grain of sand over
and over and over again.
Coating the sand doesn’t get rid of it; it just comforts them. “Over time the
coating of the grain of sand over and over again produces something that
costs a mint. It’s called a pearl. Do you know what a pearl is? A pearl is
the result of an irritated oyster. Out of that came something women
place great value on.
“The pain resulted in beauty. Their pain resulted in elegance. The pain
results in something of high value. When God allows us to suffer, He Is
Producing something precious.”...
...Like the grain of sand lodged in the oyster’s shell, suffering is a painful
reminder that we are frail creatures of dust. As sure as the sparks of a
campfire fly upward, “man is born unto trouble” (Job 5:7). All suffering,
whatever form it may take, can be traced back to the fall, even the
sufferings of Christ, Who Died on our behalf.
The day Adam ate the forbidden fruit that God had instructed him not to
eat, everything changed. By one man’s disobedience sin, and suffering,
and pain, and death have passed upon all....
"
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“For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth
in pain together until now. And not only they, but ourselves
also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves
groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the
redemption of our body.” —Rom. 8:22,23
...an interesting lesson from the life of an oyster:
“Oysters suffer affliction when they get a grain of sand lodged inside their
shells. No matter what they do, they can’t get rid of it. The sand gets lodged
there and it’s irritating to the oyster. It’s a thorn! It drives them crazy. To
bring comfort to their anguish, they begin to coat the grain of sand over
and over and over again.
Coating the sand doesn’t get rid of it; it just comforts them. “Over time the
coating of the grain of sand over and over again produces something that
costs a mint. It’s called a pearl. Do you know what a pearl is? A pearl is
the result of an irritated oyster. Out of that came something women
place great value on.
“The pain resulted in beauty. Their pain resulted in elegance. The pain
results in something of high value. When God allows us to suffer, He Is
Producing something precious.”...
...Like the grain of sand lodged in the oyster’s shell, suffering is a painful
reminder that we are frail creatures of dust. As sure as the sparks of a
campfire fly upward, “man is born unto trouble” (Job 5:7). All suffering,
whatever form it may take, can be traced back to the fall, even the
sufferings of Christ, Who Died on our behalf.
The day Adam ate the forbidden fruit that God had instructed him not to
eat, everything changed. By one man’s disobedience sin, and suffering,
and pain, and death have passed upon all....
"
(P Sadler) FULL study 'link' for:
Grace, Peace, And JOY In Christ, And In His Word Of Truth, Rightly
Divided (+ I and II)!