Praying for Healing: Day 8

simple volumes
©12-8-2014 hannah mclean

sometimes the prayer is simple
spoken with the voice of one
who knows the One to whom she prays
the One who hears the heart before the lips speak
the One who loves with overflowing abundance
the One who holds her body together with
      the same words and hands with which she was created
and so the words are few
yet they speak volumes to the ears to which
they rise

The shortest devotion I will probably ever write.

Romans 5:3b-5 “...We rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.”

Suffering --> endurance --> character --> hope that does not put to shame
therefore
suffering --> hope that does not put to shame
and THEREIN is reason to rejoice in our suffering.

God's love...it's the good stuff. :)