Sunshine and Shadow - By Billy Graham
If you should suffer for righteousness' sake,
you are blessed.
1 PETER 3:14
All the masterpieces of painting contain both light and
shadow. By them the artist highlights certain features of his
subject, and they provide contrast and harmony to reveal
beauty or character.
A happy life is not one filled only with sunshine, but one that
uses both light and shadow to produce beauty. Suffering or
persecution can become a blessing because they can form
a dark backdrop for the radiance of the Christian life.
The greatest musicians as a rule are those who know how
to bring song out of sadness. Fanny Crosby, her spirit
aglow with faith in Christ, saw more with her sightless eyes
than most of us do with normal vision. She gave us some of
the great gospel songs that cheer our hearts and lives.
Paul and Silas sang a song of praise at midnight in a
rat-infested jail in Philippi, their feet in stocks, their backs
raw from the jailer's whip. But their patience in suffering and
persecution led to the conversion of the heathen prison
warden and his family.
Don't despise the shadows God brings into your life. He can
use them to produce a masterpiece.
~By Billy Graham~
If you should suffer for righteousness' sake,
you are blessed.
1 PETER 3:14
All the masterpieces of painting contain both light and
shadow. By them the artist highlights certain features of his
subject, and they provide contrast and harmony to reveal
beauty or character.
A happy life is not one filled only with sunshine, but one that
uses both light and shadow to produce beauty. Suffering or
persecution can become a blessing because they can form
a dark backdrop for the radiance of the Christian life.
The greatest musicians as a rule are those who know how
to bring song out of sadness. Fanny Crosby, her spirit
aglow with faith in Christ, saw more with her sightless eyes
than most of us do with normal vision. She gave us some of
the great gospel songs that cheer our hearts and lives.
Paul and Silas sang a song of praise at midnight in a
rat-infested jail in Philippi, their feet in stocks, their backs
raw from the jailer's whip. But their patience in suffering and
persecution led to the conversion of the heathen prison
warden and his family.
Don't despise the shadows God brings into your life. He can
use them to produce a masterpiece.
~By Billy Graham~
Dealing with Eternity - By Billy Graham
I will see Your face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied
when I awake in your likeness.
PSALM 17:15
When English patriot Sir William Russell went to the scaffold
in 1683, he took his watch out of his pocket and handed it to
the physician who attended him in his death. "Would you
kindly take my timepiece?" he asked. "I have no use for it. I
am now dealing with eternity."
This world fades into insignificance in the light of eternity.
All the things that preoccupy us are no longer important,
and only one thing counts: our relationship with God.
But we should live every day in light of eternity! As Peter
wrote in his last letter, "Since all these things will be
dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy
conduct and godliness?...Be diligent to be found by Him in
peace, without spot and blameless"(2 Pet. 3:11,14).
How different would today be if you know it would be your
last one on earth before meeting God face to face? We
should strive to live every day as if it were our last, for one
day it will be!
~By Billy Graham~
I will see Your face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied
when I awake in your likeness.
PSALM 17:15
When English patriot Sir William Russell went to the scaffold
in 1683, he took his watch out of his pocket and handed it to
the physician who attended him in his death. "Would you
kindly take my timepiece?" he asked. "I have no use for it. I
am now dealing with eternity."
This world fades into insignificance in the light of eternity.
All the things that preoccupy us are no longer important,
and only one thing counts: our relationship with God.
But we should live every day in light of eternity! As Peter
wrote in his last letter, "Since all these things will be
dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy
conduct and godliness?...Be diligent to be found by Him in
peace, without spot and blameless"(2 Pet. 3:11,14).
How different would today be if you know it would be your
last one on earth before meeting God face to face? We
should strive to live every day as if it were our last, for one
day it will be!
~By Billy Graham~
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