"True hope changes sorrow, but does not obliterate it. Death is not to be taken as a 'normal, beautiful release' but as an enemy which separates body from spirit and human beings from each other. It spoils the beautiful creation of God. It is so basically an enemy that God says that He will pay a great price, a ransom, to deliver us from death's power..."
~Edith Schaeffer, Affliction
Well said!
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Love this. And I needed to hear it this week. It's been a really tough week for me for some reason and I'm trying to be okay with the fact that I'm still working through grief and sorrow in some areas I thought I was "over". I am going to go put this book in my Amazon cart because I think I need to read it. ;-)
ReplyDeleteI think the theology of suffering based on what we know in the Word is missing from a lot of teaching, and Edith (from experience!) has such a balanced few of how sorrow and suffering work in our life and in the kingdom. I'm sorry it's been a tough week, friend, and sometimes it may feel like you're taking "two-steps-back", but you're not. The clouds of bad weeks will clear again, to make room for new, glorious ones. ((hug))
DeleteBeautiful quote Jen!
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