KEEP ON LIVING=ENDURE=THROUGH THE DIFFICULTIES

KEEP ON LIVING=ENDURE=
THROUGH THE DIFFICULTIES


We all have DIFFICULT TIMES
In life=to say the least


UNFORTUNATELY=all our problems
CANNOT be fixed=
A chronic or terminal illness=
THOSE incarcerated in prison=
A troubled marriage=the MOTHER
Who has LOST a child=and
MANY OTHERS


But we can GO ON
We can ENDURE the difficulties
We can KEEP ON LIVING


And keep on LIVING IN JOY=
Because GOD'S JOY-is not like ours


“........You will weep and mourn
WHILE the world rejoices-
You will grieve


But your grief-WILL BECOME JOY” John 16:20


KEEP on living
Keep on ENDURING-
Through the difficulties of life


You can still FIND JOY-
If you are living
In a CLOSE relationship
With God and Jesus


FORTUNATELY=for us-OUR JOY
Comes from God=our JOY comes from Jesus
And it is an internal process


NOTING exterior to us=can bring
Us down=we are in JOY=because
Of our relationship with God and Jesus


“The precepts of the Lord
Are right-
GIVING JOY to the heart


The commands of the Lord
Are radiant-
GIVING light to the eyes” Psalm 19:8


“BE WISE-my son-
And bring JOY to the heart


Then I can ANSWER anyone-
Who treats me with contempt” Proverbs 17:11


“Others=like seed sown=
On rocky places=


HEAR the word
And RECEIVE it with JOY” Mark 4:16


YES FRIENDS=if we=
ARE living on the WORD of God
And in PROPER relationship
With God and Jesus


We can ENDURE the difficulties
The arrows=that life slings at us


We can ENDURE the difficulties
And STILL live on the WORD-
Because of our relationship
With God and Jesus


This is NOT so-or true
For all of us


PARTICULARLY those trying to FIND JOY-
Or happiness in the things of this world:
Sex-money-drugs-alcohol-or pornography


KEEP ON LIVING=ENDURE the difficulties=
BUILD a personal relationship with God and Jesus=
On the WORD OF GOD


ENDURE


“MAY his name ENDURE FOREVER
May it continue
As long as the sun


Then all nations
Will be BLESSED
Through him


And they
Will CALL him BLESSED” Psalm 72:17


“REMEMBER-
Those earlier days
After you have
RECEIVED the light


When you ENDURED-in-
A great conflict FULL of suffering” Hebrews 10:32


Dear Friends=KEEP ON LIVING=
KEEP ON ENDURING
Despite the difficulties that you face


KNOW that this is
The path that the SAVIOR WALKED


The way to FIND=
COMPLETE peace and JOY=
And victory in this world


In the name of God the FATHER=
And his SON=Jesus=OUR LORD


Robert P. Wallman
5-26-17




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Elizabeth Duffy