Daniel #70 The Resistance Movement against Antiochus Epiphanes

Reformed Presbytery in North America

What makes the difference between bitterness and tenderness in our suffering-- It is whether -on the-one hand- we see by faith Jesus working His good plan for our life in that painful event or whether -on the-other hand- we only see our pain and heartache.-If all we see is our present pain, we will be overcome by resentment in why God allowed this to happen-or why that person treated us in that way. But if we by God's grace see beyond our present pain to behold our-glorious Savior -who makes all things beautiful in His time, Ecclesiastes 3-11-, we will find meaning and-purpose in what we suffer, and we will find peace and comfort by resting in His everlasting love for us. Instead-of falling into hopelessness, we will fall into hope awaiting that time -now or later- in which God will indeed-make all things beautiful -Romans 8-28-.