This Not-So-Fairytale World

my beautiful friend, Eve, and family

"In His kindness God called you to share in His eternal glory by means of Christ Jesus. So after you have suffered a little while, He will restore, support, and strengthen you, and He will place you on a firm foundation." 
(1 Peter 5:10)


In fairytales, the good guy always wins and every fair maiden finds true love, becomes a princess, and lives happily ever after in a beautiful castle with her handsome prince. But this sin-corrupted, fallen world isn't fairyland - is it. When SIN barged through the door, SUFFERING snuck in a window.

            In the community where I meet for Bible study, a home invasion gunshot confined our beautiful Eve to a wheelchair, another friend's 15-year-old son was shot in the face, and yet another friend wears a thin sweater on bitter cold days because she has no winter coat.

HOWEVER

            God commands His children to be strong, courageous, fear not, and encourage one another

BECAUSE

Jesus is with us

Suffering is temporary

AND

Everlasting PEACE and JOY will come eternity morn

WHEN

"God blesses those who patiently endure testing and temptation. Afterward they will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him." (James 1:12)

THEREFORE

"Let us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm, for God can be trusted to keep His promise. Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works. And let us not neglect out meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of His return is drawing near." (Heb.10:23-25)

(BY THE WAY)

Those friends I mentioned received delicious Thanksgiving meals and that thin sweater has been replaced with a warm, hooded, pink, snow jacket.

GOD IS GOOD

NOW

AND

FOREVERMORE!!!