Sometimes strong sometimes weak

Recently someone wrote the following lines: With a VW bus full of people, he was looking for the way back to the hostel at night. Norway, narrow road over steep fjords. Storm and heavy rain. The windscreen wipers overstrained. The narrow coastal road over the cliffs without guard rails. And then the lights on his car failed as well. What now? Stand still? A following car could hit him. Blind drive on blindly? Unthinkable. There was only one possibility: Stay on the tail light of the car of the car in front. Trusting in the vision of the car in front, in his cautiousness and "consideration". Trusting that he will be able to use his better that his better visibility will not allow him to lose contact with his trailer. In times, one also makes progress in this way. Like this - even if you can only see one single step.

There is also much need and suffering in our community. The list for prayer on the service flyer won't go away. There are always new people going through a time of suffering. In such situations both sides are challenged. Suffering people are challenged to resist the inner reflex of retreat and to cling to the "reflector" of a car with a view. And people who are just on the sunny side of life are challenged not to let contact with suffering people break off.

Suffering people are a blessing to a community because they enable others to do a service of love. to do a service of love. Yes, I know, no one likes to be weak and cling to on someone else's back light. But in the course of life, the roles often change several times. Everyone is strong at times, everyone is weak at times. How good that we have each other!

I will bless you and you shall be a blessing! How can we implement our Bible verse this year in view of our long lists of illnesses in the seetal chile? This This question concerns me very much as a pastor. You are also challenged in this.

By the way, the presence of suffering is for me strong evidence that the Bible is right when it says: "For we know that the whole of creation groans with us until this moment, as if under the pain of a birth"(Romans 8:22). All the more we look forward to the new world that God will create, in which there will be no more tears! will be!