Words of Comfort

"For when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. So let it grow, for when our endurance is fully developed, you will be strong in character and ready for anything."

- James 1: 3-4

Happy Friday to one and all!! Today, I decided to take away a great idea from Jillian over at Teenage Bride: Love Letter Friday. Every Friday she posts a beautiful love letter, whether it is from a great poet, writer, playwright, greeting card, or personally-received composition. I love going into her blog and seeing which great love she is focusing on each week. I, myself, adore reading and when you add love to the mix, it just gets that much better! Today I have what I feel is a great love letter, both true and encouraging. I know some of my friends are going through some difficult things right now and I hope this is read and taken to heart. It is a letter that is written as if God were to write a love letter to each and every one of his daughters. Here goes:

I see you when you are in the garden of grief, My princess. I hear your cry for help in the dark hours of the night. I Myself cried out in the garden the night I was betrayed. In My suffering I asked My Father for another way- a less painful way. Yet I trusted His will and purpose for My life and knew the ultimate victory was at the cross. Just as olives must be crushed to make oil, I poured out My life as a love offering for you. Don't ever doubt that I am with you and that I long to take you to a place of comfort, peace, and victory. Even when you cannot see Me from where you are, I am working on your behalf. Give to Me the crushing weight of your circumstances, and come to Me in prayer. When it is time to leave the garden, I will walk with you across the valley and straight to the cross- where your trials will be transformed into triumph.

Love,

Your Savior and your Victor

Taken from the book "His Princess: Love Letters from Your King" by Sheri Rose Shepherd

Happy almost-weekend to everyone!

God bless!

P!