GOD NEVER WASTES PAIN

For men are not cast off by the Lord forever,

Though He brings grief He will show compassion,

So great is His unfailing love,

For He does not willingly bring affliction or grief to the

Children of men.

-Lamentations 3:31-33

God does not willingly bring affliction or grief to us. He does not delight in causing us to experience pain or heartache. He always has a purpose for the grief He brings or allows to come into our lives. Most often we do not know what that purpose is but it is enough to know that His infinite wisdom and perfect love have determined that the particular sorrow is best for us. God never wastes pain.

-jerry bridges

NEVER WASTE PAIN

GOD NEVER WASTES PAIN

For men are not cast off by the Lord forever,

Though He brings grief He will show compassion,

So great is His unfailing love,

For He does not willingly bring affliction or grief to the

Children of men.

-Lamentations 3:31-33

God does not willingly bring affliction or grief to us. He does not delight in causing us to experience pain or heartache. He always has a purpose for the grief He brings or allows to come into our lives. Most often we do not know what that purpose is but it is enough to know that His infinite wisdom and perfect love have determined that the particular sorrow is best for us. God never wastes pain.

-jerry bridges

WHAT WILL MATTER

So what will matter?
 

How will the value of your days be measured?
 

What will matter is not what you bought but what you built, not what you got but what you gave.
 

What will matter is not your success but your significance.
 

What will matter is not what you learned but what you taught.
 

What will matter is every act of integrity, compassion, courage, or sacrifice that enriched, empowered or encouraged others to emulate your example.
 

What will matter is not your competence but your character.
 

What will matter is not how many people you knew, but how many will feel a lasting loss when your gone.
 

What will matter is not your memories but the memories that live in those who loved you.

-FROM WHAT WILL MATTER by Michael Josephson