better: of a more excellent or effective type or quality.
I want a better year this year. But what will that entail? Less difficult circumstances? An easier path?
Not necessarily.
Better means more effective or excellent in quality. Sometimes, we need difficult circumstances or a hard path to bring quality to our journey. Share on X
Better means more effective or excellent in quality. Sometimes, we need difficult circumstances or a hard path to bring quality to our journey. Who wants a life with no texture to it? In theory, we want lives of ease. But what kind of people are produced from that kind of lifestyle?
But he knows the way that I take; when he has tried me, I shall come out as gold. Job 23:10 ESV Share on X
They are not the kinds of people we want to be around. They are often superficial. They have little understanding of pain and hardship. They don’t understand what it feels like to have goals thwarted and have to improvise. All of these things add character and texture to our lives. They make us into people that GOD can use for His glory. They help us learn to look outside ourselves and care for others.
But he knows the way that I take;
when he has tried me,I shall come out as gold.Job 23:10 ESVIn this you rejoice,
though now for a little while,
if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials,
so that the tested genuineness of your faith
—more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—
may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.I Peter 1:7 ESV
When I think of gold, I think of something precious and valuable. This has given me a lot to think about today.
How about you?
Many blessings to my Five Minute Friday friends in 2019!
By the way, the photo is of pieces of gold, not corn flakes!
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Sweet encouragement. Thanks Martha!
nice to see you again kay:) hope you had a great xmas!
Very thought provoking post!
thanks tara:)
It’s true – we do often think of things getting better as them being easier or more comfortable, but we can learn a lot through the difficult times and see God working good in them.
yes, Lesley, as much as i love comfortable times, i do find that comfortable doesn’t draw me closer to GOD usually!
2018 was rough and very well textured, I’m good with some plain and uneventful 😉
i had to smile lisa:) 2018 was less textured than some years have been. but there definitely were some hard spots!