"Blessed are you who hunger now, For you shall be filled.
Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh." Luke 6:21
Again, others have said this before, but I tend to think that the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7) was probably preached multiple times in multiple settings, hence Luke's Sermon on the Plain. Along with that, I believe that Matthew 5-7 is the most important passage in the entire Bible. The sermon is Jesus' roadmap to following him, it contains his non-negotiables.
That said, I do like the wording found in Luke. We hunger now. We weep now.
So often when we are in the midst of struggle we forget that 'this too shall pass', but it's important to keep that in mind. It is also important to remember what God has brought us through before now as well. I believe that if we remind ourselves of what God has already accomplished in our lives and remember that all pain is temporary we can gain a better outlook in the pain and struggle.
In addition we need to be helping our friends and family in their times of struggle, reminding them what God has walked them through, reminding them that God will be with them though this struggle and the next struggle as well.
+ How do you keep positive in the struggle?
+ How can you be a hope to someone you know is in pain right now?
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