We count them happy which endure

Joe Chandler · June 10, 2023

We often find ourselves unfulfilled with our circumstances, whether those circumstances are external or internal. Maybe our perspective is the answer. Take the long view through the eyes of faith. The short view is that the Lord has not returned yet. The long view is that He will return and the time draws nigh. The short view is that we haven't accomplished our goals. The long view is that we need to be patient and stablish our hearts. The short view is that the saints aren't all we had hoped. To live above with saints we love, ah that will be glory. To live below with saints we know, now that's another story. The long view is to let the Lord handle that. The short view is that things are difficult. The long view is that many have endured and have been rewarded.

I hope this will help someone.

James 5:7-11 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. 8 Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh. 9 Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door. 10 Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience. 11 Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.

Edited June 11, 2023 by Joe Chandler