Pleasure and Pain
Psalm 25:2 “O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.”
It’s impossible to pass through life without experiencing times when you cannot see your way through a deep valley. Times when the package is delivered at the back door comes delivered in the ugly wrapping of death or affliction or illness or divorce… John Seldon, the old British jurist and scholar, put it more bluntly. “Pleasure is nothing else but the intermission of pain.”
You may find yourself enjoying the intermission. Today, you may be smiling. Your heart may be light and merry. Perhaps answers to prayers have come beautifully and deliberately. You are swept away in delight. But it’s also quite possible that you are caught in the grip of affliction. You may be going through some of the hardest days of your life. You may be wondering Why?Why me?Why this trial?
When you persevere through a trial, God gives you a special measure of insight. You become the recipient of the favor of God as He gives to you something that would not be learned otherwise.
Challenge:
Someone once said, “Trouble is a measure of your worth.” I know, you say, “I wish I was worth less.”
You should rejoice when you are tried, because God never uses anyone that hasn’t been broken first.
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GOD IS PLEASURE AND PAIN!!!!!
Ya know? I dont know about anyone else but I really like when I’m on my way to work , listening to the radio and a great song comes on right before I get there, it’s definatly pleasurable to me to carry that song to work in my mind. But even more pleasurable than that is when I take my turn with the radio station at work , (cause we share the time we have with the radio) and one of my favorite songs come on… like last night “Shackels” by Mary Mary came on. So picture this (unless you know me well enough to know it’s a scary picture) Its cranking, I’m dancing, I’m singing off key of course, and raising my hands, and the guys I work with are smiling!!!, not laughing at me but smiling for me. Pleasure is definately better than pain. I think I just got the point of it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GOD IS PLEASURE AND PAIN!!!!!
Marti – Yes, I can picture you dancing, singing with your raised hands and bring JOY to those around who saw you. What a wonderful image! Thanks for sharing it with us!
I like that song too.
“Sure is hot out here
But I’m just glad to be free
Know what I’m sayin’?”