There Will Be No Kidney Stones in Heaven!

As I deal with yet another health issue, it was either write my thoughts down or go out and stick my head in a
snow bank. So I determined that writing would be the better choice!

II Corinthians 4:16-17 “For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;”

The Lord put these verses on my heart today. I needed them.  I have a kidney stone that is tormenting me today. It hurts a lot and I'm trying to occupy my mind with something other than hurting. So heaven is on my mind. Heaven is going to be wonderful!

I know this to be true because the Bible tells me so.

Revelations 21:4 “And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.”

Imagine the God of all creation, wiping away the tears from your eyes!  Just that thought alone renews my heart.  It will be worth it all!

Ok... back to II Corinthians 4…..

There was a situation that happened this last week, that to me looked hopeless and I really wondered how it was all going to work out. My heart was broken and I may have fallen apart if it were not for the fact that I had two of my daughters watching me deal with it all.

I admit I am a hypocrite sometimes. My emotions get the better of me and I forget that nothing takes my heavenly Father by surprise.  So...I told them in all faith that we are going to pray and claim the promises in Romans 8:28!

“And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.”

Over night we saw God work that bad situation for good! You should have heard my daughter bragging about her wonderful God and how she never actually saw that verse work like that before. It was amazing!
Something that the Lord allowed me to see after the dust had settled was the fact that the very things that brought suffering into my life, were the very things that God was using to work in the life of someone else.

If I'm really praying and God is working, I need to be real careful what I complain to God about. It may be that while I'm falling apart and not trusting God He is working to reach that person I am so desperately praying for.  I know...our light affliction can seem awfully heavy sometimes but in light of the big picture, it is worth it!

Besides I don’t have to carry my burdens alone. When hard times come, I have a hiding place and a hope that is rooted in something that will never fail and will never change.


Psalm 119:114 “Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.”

I guess the deal is this. If I am going to fervently pray, I shouldn’t be surprised or discouraged when hard things start happening. God knows what He is doing. God's ways and thoughts are far beyond my tiny bit of understanding.

It says that very thing in the Bible in Isaiah 55:8-9.  “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.”

I am really tired today but I am so happy in the Lord. He really is all I need. I believe the Bible is right. My outward man may be falling apart but the real me has so much to look forward to!

It's just a matter of time…