When we pray and the world suddenly gets cheerier, we know we’ve hit pay dirt in the mine. Why? Because God doesn’t keep his children in suspense forever. Go by what a kind father does, and you have an idea what the heavenly father is like.
There is the question of what his only son endured. But look at the outcome—the son raised from the dead, humankind redeemed and Western Civilization projected into the future.
God knows better than we do what we can endure or take. He won’t go beyond our ability.
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