We are never sure about why things happen to us. But we can be sure of this, people are watching how we react to our circumstances. While we are Christ-followers, we are also human. So, when we fall down, we have to get back up again and keep on going. This is what Jesus did as He carried His cross to Calvary. And then someone helped Him to carry it. That is what friends and church family do: they see you in a difficult-to-deal-with situation, and they not only encourage you, sometimes they help you carry your burdens. God sends those people into our lives for a purpose.
When we look in a mirror, we see our own reflections. When people look at us, they need to see Christ reflected. If someone sees me handling a problem in a way that glorifies God, and that person gets saved, then the problem in my life was actually not a problem at all--it was a way to show Jesus to someone without opening my mouth. And if someone is seen helping me carry the problem, then the world will see love in action, won't it?
Faith to persevere, hope that there are better things ahead, and love to carry us through. That's what life with Christ is all about.
from 1 Corinthians 13 (Life Application Study Bible)
12"For now we see things imperfectly as in a poor mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity. All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God knows me now. 13 There are three things that will endure--faith, hope, and love---and the greatest of these is love.
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