If opposition, oppression, and persecution have always developed heroes and resulted in glorious freedom, then what is our hope that such will be produced in our materialistic, indulgent, western, civilization where every family Christian store is there to please. It is a fact that people of a luxurious climate are weaklings and not so ambitious, while people of a rugged climate and rocky environment are usually strong soldiers and statesmen. This is an inflexible law.
Adversity is a given to the faithful Christian. It is all who will live Godly that will suffer, not some!This applies to Western as well as Eastern cultures. All our Bible characters were Eastern, a point we often forget.It seems today that the East has a clearer grasp on the life of faith than most people in our Western affluence.Solzhenitsyn was harassed at Harvard when he said revival would come from the East rather than the West. We can talk well about our faith but they live it especially where it is tough to survive. The book on prayer, Kneeling We Triumph, has an article on Accomplishment Thru Travail.He who prays well must be willing to face adversity.Part of Abraham, Jacob, and Joseph had opposition.Moses had much to endure.He turned his back upon Egypt because he saw something better.He had a book on prayer- it was the starry sky and the desert solitude.
Difficulties neutralize laziness. They waken the strongest qualities of the soul. They bring into activity slumbering forces. Being in sound of the enemies' guns all the time keeps one on the jump. We are not called to peace, but to a sword! Jesus prevented the crystallization of the early Church by allowing much persecution to come.
The north wind made the Vikings. We get our tough, strong sisal twine from the sisal plant which is largely grown in Yucatan.
The Family Christian Store that has books on affliction is rare. The book on prayer that talks of warfare will find many who praise it but few who practice it. Character is fiber of the soul. Like wisdom, it can only be gained through experience and often those experiences are the tough ones. We gain so much more in the valley of affliction than cruising through life in the fast lane.
Then tell me not of havens for the soul; Where tides can never come, nor storms molest!; My sailing-spirit seeks no sheltered goad; Naught is more sad than safety:life is best; When every day brings danger for delight; And each new; solemn night; Engulfs our whitening wake with in the whole.
Adversity is a given to the faithful Christian. It is all who will live Godly that will suffer, not some!This applies to Western as well as Eastern cultures. All our Bible characters were Eastern, a point we often forget.It seems today that the East has a clearer grasp on the life of faith than most people in our Western affluence.Solzhenitsyn was harassed at Harvard when he said revival would come from the East rather than the West. We can talk well about our faith but they live it especially where it is tough to survive. The book on prayer, Kneeling We Triumph, has an article on Accomplishment Thru Travail.He who prays well must be willing to face adversity.Part of Abraham, Jacob, and Joseph had opposition.Moses had much to endure.He turned his back upon Egypt because he saw something better.He had a book on prayer- it was the starry sky and the desert solitude.
Difficulties neutralize laziness. They waken the strongest qualities of the soul. They bring into activity slumbering forces. Being in sound of the enemies' guns all the time keeps one on the jump. We are not called to peace, but to a sword! Jesus prevented the crystallization of the early Church by allowing much persecution to come.
The north wind made the Vikings. We get our tough, strong sisal twine from the sisal plant which is largely grown in Yucatan.
The Family Christian Store that has books on affliction is rare. The book on prayer that talks of warfare will find many who praise it but few who practice it. Character is fiber of the soul. Like wisdom, it can only be gained through experience and often those experiences are the tough ones. We gain so much more in the valley of affliction than cruising through life in the fast lane.
Then tell me not of havens for the soul; Where tides can never come, nor storms molest!; My sailing-spirit seeks no sheltered goad; Naught is more sad than safety:life is best; When every day brings danger for delight; And each new; solemn night; Engulfs our whitening wake with in the whole.
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Where can you find a Family Christian Store that has books on affliction? A book on prayer that talks of warfare is rare.
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