Genesis 21
Laughter, Pain
“ Such is the way God works out his promises in the lives of his people. Pain is normally the channel through which divine blessing and favor flows. For it is pain that brings us to truly trust in the Lord. It is adversity that convinces us of the emptiness of the things the world runs after. Suffering is God’s fatherly way of drawing us to himself. ”
For all the promises of God were achieved not through a victorious military campaign or sufficient human obedience or any other humanly generated strategy but through a cross.
Thank you God, that my life is not painted with a journey I chose for myself, but one that is constantly painful and confused and lost, but it is You that guided me, led me, spoke to me from the beginning and even till this moment right now. Lord, through Your cross, I see pain, but at the same time I see victory. I’ve felt more free than living a life You have given me, to trust You, to know I’m known by You and also a life that is constantly wanting to know You.
Amen












