Suffering and Ridicule

Bible verse of the day:

"Our dedication to Christ makes us look like fools, but you claim to be so wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are so powerful! You are honored, but we are ridiculed. Even now we go hungry and thirsty, and we don’t have enough clothes to keep warm. We are often beaten and have no home. We work wearily with our own hands to earn our living. We bless those who curse us. We are patient with those who abuse us. We appeal gently when evil things are said about us. Yet we are treated like the world’s garbage, like everybody’s trash—right up to the present moment." - 2 Corinthians 4:11-13

Gratitudes:

1. I'm grateful to be in this small mountain town while the cities are burning.

2. I'm grateful to have plenty to eat and good water to drink.

3. I'm grateful for peace and quiet.

Plan for the day:

1. Prayer. ✓

2. Bible reading. ✓

3. Booktube. ✓

4. Reading. ✓

Quote of the day:

"Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape." ― Charles Dickens, Great Expectations

Craft of the day:


Currently reading:
 
1. The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane, by Lisa See.

2. Finding Divine Wisdom: Working with the Holy Spirit in your creativity, by J. Scott McElroy.

3. Ramona, by Helen Hunt Jackson.

Bible

Joshua 16
John 8
Psalms 102
Proverbs 12

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