28th June 2025

Afflictions

  We know that all things work together for good to those who love God . . .

     Romans 8:28

Today's Bible Reading: Romans 8:26-30.

We might never have had the hymns of Fanny Crosby had she not been afflicted with blindness. George Matheson would never have given the world his immortal song, “O Love That Will Not Let Me Go,” had it not been for his passing through the furnace of affliction. The “Hallelujah Chorus” was written by George Frederick Handel when he was poverty-stricken and suffering from a paralysed right side and right arm. Affliction may be for our edification and Christian development. Sickness is one of the “all things” which work together for good to those that love God. Do not resent it. Do not be embittered by it. But rather, allow God to use it to work through your life, and shine the love of Jesus into the world around you.

Prayer: You do not make mistakes, Father. If sorrow comes into my life, let me use it to help others know about You. In Jesus name. Amen.