"We put no stumbling block in anyone's path, so that our ministry will not be discredited. Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships and distresses; in beatings, imprisonments and riots; in hard work, sleepless nights and hunger;
In purity, understanding, patience and kindness; in the Holy Spirit and in sincere love; in truthful speech and in the power of God;
with weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left; through glory and dishonor, bad report and good report; genuine, yet regarded as impostors; known, yet regarded as unknown; dying, and yet we live on; beaten, and yet not killed; sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything."
Such a great passage! We have many obstacles we are called to overcome/endure: troubles, hardships, distresses, riots, beatings, sleepless nights, hunger. Some are more realistic for us today, and some are certainly harder to endure than others, yet let us not place stumbling blocks in anyone elses path on account of our own sufferings, but rather let us overcome these obstacles thru Christ! "Our weapons of righteousness" show God's truth amidst the world's circumstances: honor admist dishonor, good report though the world reports badly of us; rejoicing admist reasons to be sorrowful, having everything though the world would tell us otherwise, etc. Let us live to the truth of Christ today and continue to rejoice in our riches in Christ, and the realization that we truly possess everything!
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Your blog is interesting. And I find your post likeable--even though I don't own an electronics store in Brazil.
Thanks for reminder to push on despite what we hear from the world or think in our own fallen minds.
As my good friend Bob Hanley-McNanley says, "rejoice in the process!" Life is not easy, but if we find joy in the process of pressing on, how much greater will our joy be when we finally reach our goal in heaven!
nice, Mr. Handey I mean McNanley is money to very money! Thanks bro.
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