Today's encouragement comes from Psalm 126:3, where we read these great words:
"The LORD has done great things for us, and we are glad."God is so good to us who love Jesus Christ. He makes us His own children. Our Father allows us to endure affliction, so as to make us better (in Christ). He also gives us glimpses of heaven, as we get clearer and clearer soul vi-sions of Jesus—and we are filled with exceeding levels of gladness and ec-stasy.
Let us often call this to mind: the Lord has only good in store for us, His be-loved churchmen; and He delights to show us His grace, mercy, and sweet-ness. Even if we are not "on the top of the world" today, let us thank God for all the lovely things He has already done for us, in HIs blessed Son.
[Puritan quote of the day: "It is not repentance, patience, love, prayer, or obe-dience that justifies us, but faith in Christ.” —Obadiah Grew, in, "The Lord our Righteousness"]
