Day Twenty Four: That she would view life from the perspective of eternity
So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal. 2 Corinthians 4:16-18
Our daughters must know that life is hard. They must know that, in life, they will experience pain…and hurt…and struggle. But, they must also know that all that they feel in this life is temporary. As believers in the one true God, we are not dependent on what we see, but on what we don’t see. Our hope and expectation is in an eternal life, not this temporary existence. So, their current troubles are nothing compared to their future happiness.
Lord, thank you for eternity. In eternity, my daughter will no longer feel the hurt of temporary things. In eternity, my daughter will not focus on things that are not forever. In eternity, may she not even be able to look back and see what she went through because what she has in you is so glorious. I thank you now for her happiness in your Son, who you sent to die on our behalf so that we could one day experience the “eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison.” Amen.
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John Coakey, Jr. and Danielle have been married for 14 years, they have two daughters (14 & 10), and they all live in Columbia, MD. John has served in the US Army for the past 17 years and is currently a Lay-Elder serving First Baptist Church of Brooklyn (Baltimore, MD). He blogs at “christfocusedliving.
