This is from my Turning Point devotion today: He said to His mother, "Woman, behold your son!" John 19:26
Faith is the capacity to keep going between Good Friday and Easter Sunrise. It's the God-granted ability to trust God during black Weekends and hard times. Without faith it's impossible to please God, but that implies hardship. Trusting God during good times is a little like riding a bike downhill; sometimes we can almost "coast." But when the path is uphill, faith has to flex its muscles, knowing sooner or later we'll arrive at the mountaintop with its far-reaching vistas.
When Gabriel visited Mary with news about the Christchild, she said, "Let it be to me according to your word." A few months later, old Simeon warned her that a sword would one day pierce her heart. No one could have foreseen how deeply the sword would pierce on that Good Friday. But approximately 39 hours later, her heaviness was lifted, her faith was fulfilled, her hope was realized, her joy was restored, and her Son was risen. Our Good Fridays aren't always so good; but they are good for our faith, and with faith it is very possible to please Him.
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Psalm 8: 1 O Lord, our Lord, your excellent name fills the earth! Your glory is higher than the heavens.
2 You have taught children and infants to tell of your strength, silencing your enemies and all who oppose you.
3 When I look at the night sky and see the work of your fingers— the moon and the stars you set in place—
4 what are mere mortals that you should think about them, human beings that you should care for them?
5 Yet you made them only a little lower than God and crowned them with glory and honor.
6 You gave them charge of everything you made, putting all things under their authority—
7 the flocks and the herds and all the wild animals,
8 the birds in the sky, the fish in the sea, and everything that swims the ocean currents.
9 O Lord, our Lord, your excellent name fills the earth!
2 You have taught children and infants to tell of your strength, silencing your enemies and all who oppose you.
3 When I look at the night sky and see the work of your fingers— the moon and the stars you set in place—
4 what are mere mortals that you should think about them, human beings that you should care for them?
5 Yet you made them only a little lower than God and crowned them with glory and honor.
6 You gave them charge of everything you made, putting all things under their authority—
7 the flocks and the herds and all the wild animals,
8 the birds in the sky, the fish in the sea, and everything that swims the ocean currents.
9 O Lord, our Lord, your excellent name fills the earth!
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