Temporary Or Permanent?

For our present troubles are small and won’t last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever!

2 Corinthians 4:17

In 2005, I had to have quadruple bypass surgery.  I don't remember much after I counted back from 10...the anesthesia worked very quickly and I think I made it to 7 before everything went black.  When I woke up in recovery, I was in more pain that I had ever been in my life!  It hurt to breathe, it hurt to move, it hurt to blink, it hurt to think, and my chest from my throat to my navel felt like I was on fire.  When the nurses realized I was awake, they started asking me questions and I didn't want to talk.  The pain was horrible for the entire 3 months of recovery.  And even now, my sternum hurts when I take a deep breath or it's cold and damp.

Even though this pain will be with me for the rest of my life, I know that when I stand before the Throne of God, there will be no more pain, no more tears, only basking in the Glory of God!

We all have pain in our lives.  Perhaps you are dealing with a painful illness, maybe it is the pain of depression or loss, it could be the gnawing emptiness of loneliness.  Our pain on this earth is temporary.  It will only last for a while.  But the Glory of God will last forever!  And THAT is a party I can't wait to attend!!!