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Early yesterday morning as we arrived for our first chaplain visit we saw this scene and Brooksyne snapped the photo along Strasburg Pike. (Click on photo to enlarge) "No More Pain" Message summary: Today's message is the fourth in a series based on Revelation 21:4 and that which we'll not see or experience in heaven when "the former things have passed away". Today we consider pain. Listen to our message on your audio player. "And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away" (Revelation 21:4). There will be a day with no more tears, no more pain, and no more fears
There will be a day when the burdens of this place, Will be no more, we'll see Jesus face to face Many years ago I read a book titled "The Gift Of Pain" written by a medical doctor who worked with leprosy patients. Brand begins with the proposition concerning "A world without pain, can such a place exist? It not only can---it does. But it's no utopia. It's a colony for leprosy patients: a world where people literally feel no pain, and reap horrifying consequences.His work with leprosy patients in India and the United States convinced Dr. Paul Brand that pain truly is one of God's great gifts to us. Dr. Brand probes the mystery of pain and reveals its importance. As an indicator that lets us know something is wrong, pain has a value that becomes clearest in its absence. The book provides a helpful perspective butwhen your in the midst of pain it still hurts! Pain is something we seek hard to avoid. "Pain killing" medicines are big business. The first Biblical reference to pain was following the trangression in The Garden of Eden when God said to Eve, "To the woman He said, "I will greatly multiply Your pain in childbirth, In pain you will bring forth children" (Genesis 3:16). We've all known pain and for some it's a present reality. Hardly a day goes by in the course of our chaplaincy work that there's not a discussion about pain. There's chronic pain, excruciating pain, unbearable pain and many others. We normally think of pain in the physical but there's emotional pain, spiritual pain and relational pain. Most of us have experienced all the above. Then as you age you face more pain associated with the aging process! And as Bill and Gloria Gaither wrote in their hymn "Because He Lives" one day we will "fight life's final war with pain" at the time of our death. In a message from the "Our Daily Bread" devotional (July 21, 2011) we read: "Where
is God when it hurts? He has been there from the beginning. He designed
a pain system that, in the midst of a fallen world, bears His stamp. He
transforms pain, using it to teach and strengthen us if we allow it to
turn us toward Him.
He has hurt and bled and cried and suffered. He has dignified for all time those who suffer, by sharing their pain. But one day He will gather the armies of heaven and will unleash them against the enemies of God. The world will see one last terrifying moment of suffering before the full victory is ushered in. Then God will create for us a new, incredible world. And pain will be no more (Revelation 19:11–22:6)." One of the great features of heaven is summed in the words "no more pain". That's hard to imagine but based on the authority of God's Word it's true! Be encouraged today, Stephen & Brooksyne Weber Daily prayer: Father, Note: Although there are five "no mores" in the text we considered crying Monday in the message "No More Tears". Later yesterday morning when we arrived for our 4th company visit we saw this farmer and team planting near New Holland, PA Today's Suggested Music and Supplemental Resources "Just Be Held" Video Casting Crowns "There Will Be A Day" Video Jeremy Camp Send a message to Stephen & Brooksyne To receive the "Daily Encouragement" each Monday-Friday through email see this page to subscribe to our email list. You can also subscribe to the Wordpress rss feed or through a Wordpress email subscription. (See the email subscription on the right side after opening this page.) We
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