Choking on our pain, we view the balances of life fixed against us. Our Rock blesses strengthens us so that so maybe able to sustain greater suffering as John Calvin preached in his sermon The xxiij. Sermon, Job is the First upon the Sixth Chapter* this:
But as for him that hath received a more singular strength, and whom God hath fortified with his holy spirit: he must be fain to sustain greater brunts, and far rougher assaults, than such as are feeble like little children.(105 Arther Golding 1574 Lucus Harris)
For
that pain, words are an empty rhyme, for only divine completion is comfort. In
our distress, our only recourse is to the Lord though the Messiah Yeshua, for
as Job said, “As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, And at the last He will
take His stand on the earth. Even after my skin is destroyed, Yet from my flesh
I shall see God;” (Job 19:25-26 NASU”
They lost sense to those who suffer. Some
condemn Southerns for history. Because Sherman ordered his men to rape civilian
with the exact wording of the order, saying “Death is Mercy, and the quicker he
or she is disposed of the better.” US Army raping became the cause of the War
of Northern Aggression regardless of the Emancipation Proclamation. Those who
wish to cancel history are in fear of themselves.
The shadow of death rests over humanity.
The dullness of pain empties the passage of time. Although our life ends we
have the hope of the resurrection as Saadiah Ben Joseph Al-Fayyumi wrote in the
Book of Theodicy, ”On the Contrary, He has the power, and moreover, has
promised resurrection, as His prophets and His community believe.” (209.Goodman
1988Yale Judaica series; v.25) Our sin hurts the Heart of the Lord.
All people are equal before HaKadosh. The
Holy One commands Justice only as justice tempers with chesid. Sin has
consequences that do not leave, even in repentance. After trials, there are
blessings. We must never let our pain take our eyes off the Only One who takes
us though it.The ways of the YHVH are as incomprehensible as His name. He is
our creator and sustainer. The Lord rolled out the zodiac and controls it.
Nothing restrains the trials He gives. The expression of our faith is our
testimony before the Holy One as St. Patrick wrote in the foth verse his
“Breastplate Prayer” that each day bound to himself, “ All good deeds done unto the Lord, And purity of virgin souls.” Only though the Messiah can we find the Grace of
the Lord as John Calvin preached in sermon The.XLII.Sermon which is the
First upon the. xi. Chapter, this:
“For they that establish any deservings to purchase favor in Gods sight, and too make men believe that they may save themselves by their own power, know not the Majesty that is spoken of here , but brabble about fond trifles.” (195Arther Golding 1574 Lucus Harris)
Remember that you were created for a purpose. Give Loving silence to those
in pain.
