Thinking of victims of the flooding, and then all of us with our problems.
“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam” (Psalm 46:1-3).
“The eternal God is your dwelling place and underneath are the everlasting arms” (Deuteronomy 33:27)
“For this slight momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal” (2 Corinthians 4:17-18).
“We rejoice in hope of the glory of God. More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us” (Romans 5:2-5).
“Oh, for a faith that will not shrink / Tho’ pressed by many a foe;
That will not tremble on the brink / Of poverty or woe.
“That will not murmur nor complain / Beneath the chast’ning rod,
But in the hour of grief or pain / Can lean upon its God.”
“Lord, give us such a faith as this / And then, whate’er may come,
We’ll taste e’en now the hallowed bliss / Of an eternal home.”
(The Lutheran Hymnal, 396, 1, 2, 6)
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