Ncdataman
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“If you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you are blessed.”
—1 Peter 3:14, NKJV
All masterpieces of painting contain both light and shadow. The artist highlights certain features of his subject by using them, 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 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.
—1 Peter 3:14, NKJV
All masterpieces of painting contain both light and shadow. The artist highlights certain features of his subject by using them, 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 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.
