Sometimes it rains - Episode 185

<p><strong>When it rains.</strong></p> <p> </p> <p>That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. Matthew 5:45</p> <p> </p> <p>“Pain is the price we pay for being alive. Dead cells—our hair, our fingernails—can’t feel pain; they cannot feel anything. When we understand that, our question will change from, “Why do we have to feel pain?” to “What do we do with our pain so that it becomes meaningful and not just pointless empty suffering?”<span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p>― <strong>Harold S. Kushner,</strong> <a href= "https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/45783"><strong>When Bad Things Happen to Good People</strong></a></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>How will you respond when it rains?</strong></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Understand it , accept it for what it is, learn from it, prepare for the next time, help someone else going through their storm <span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span></strong></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Storms</strong> refine our faith. Adversity stretches us, and causes us to trust more and more in Christ for our needs and for our strength. Trials are the “classroom” for our <strong>spiritual</strong> development.</p> <p> </p> <p>Joshua 1:9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.</p> <p> </p> <p>2 Corinthians 4:8-10 We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies.</p> <p><strong>Bible Study</strong></p> <p>Revelations 13:11-18. The False Prophet<span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span class="Apple-converted-space">Amazon</span></p> <p><a href= "https://smile.amazon.com/ch/82-5296439">https://smile.amazon.com/ch/82-5296439</