Light and Momentary
Word reached us on Sunday that one of our missionaries has thyroid cancer. He had stayed in Canada because his routine check-up showed a few things that needed to be followed-up. His wife and children returned earlier to France to get settled into the school year. None of us anticipated the diagnosis that was to come. There are so many decisions to be made and issues to be dealt with. My heart goes out to them, and my prayers go up to God on their behalf. I can't imagine what they might be feeling right now. Having that situation in mind, today's verse struck me in a special way. Paul writes in 2 Corinthians 4:17, " For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all ." Do my friends and colleagues feel that this is a " light and momentary " trouble? When faced with the inconceivable, the unexpected, the complicated, the terrifying, Paul reminds us to " not lose heart " (vs. 16), to remember that w...