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BUT FOR A MOMENT

 

2 Corinthians 4:17

“For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;”


But for a moment

Temporarily 

For now 

For the present

Briefly


But for a moment.  The trouble, heart ache and pain are for now. They are not here to last.  Eventually and sometimes suddenly the change happens. Trouble is in the rear-view mirror.  It is behind us.


Briefly, the suffering, the turmoil, and despair.  One day they will be things of the past.  It is true, trouble does not last always.


For now the grief is unbearable. Life has shifted.  Nothing seems familiar.  A place is set at the table.  Yet, there is an absence. 

With the family gathered, we look out the window expecting to see the one whose absence has brought us together.  

Gone home...so many loved ones and friends.

 It is written, to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord.


For the present there are burdens that seem too hard to bear. 

Our heads may be bowed.  Our shoulders bent from the weight of all of it.


Briefly, we may feel forsaken, and we cry out.  

The Holy Spirit responds.

It is but for a moment.

What?


"...our light affliction, ... is but for a moment,"


Temporarily


For now


For the present


Therefore, take heart.  Do not be discouraged.


It is "but for a moment."


God bless,

In Christ,

Sis. Stephanie

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