Not All Pain

 John 16: 20-23

²⁰ Very truly I tell you, you will weep and mourn while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy. ²¹ A woman giving birth to a child has pain because her time has come; but when her baby is born she forgets the anguish because of her joy that a child is born into the world. ²² So with you: Now is your time of grief, but I will see you again and you will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy. ²³ In that day you will no longer ask me anything. Very truly I tell you, my Father will give you whatever you ask in my name.

The days of weeping and mourning will not last forever,though at times it may seem as if they will never end. We are never "tested" beyond our strength, and when  it seems we have reached our limmit, God might ask us to go one step further and then, "whamo", a reversal of fortune".  He steps in, makes it all turn out right, and we find ourselves stronger for the test. It is as Jesus says like the pain of childbirth: gone when the little "tyke" cuddles up to mom.  We might even be honored to be asked to go that extra painful step, knowing that God wants us to see how strong we are with his help.

Bro. Rene