God's Glory

Since I will be in Denver this weekend visiting my brother I am not anticipating doing much blogging so this should tide you over...

Read John 9. In part...

1As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. 2And his disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?" 3Jesus answered, "It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him. 4We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work. 5As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world."

I follow a pastor on Twitter by the name of Britt Merrick. He has a daughter named Daisy who is 1 of 80 children in North American this year who will be diagnosed with a recurring Wilms tumor. They had just battled cancer for 8 months and thought they had beaten it. She started experiencing stomach pains on their first family vacation in Hawaii in quite some time.

Now she is back in the hospital. There is a 30-50% cure rate. They were only able to remove 1/3 of it through surgery. Here is her picture...

http://ow.ly/i/2ALr

Today he tweeted that he had received an email from a girl suffering with cancer. She was going to kill herself until she heard his sermon from last Sunday. You can listen to it here:

http://realitycarpinteria.com/messages/current/index.html

God is indeed most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him.

We may not always understand why God allows certain things to happen. But sometimes He shows us very clearly why our earthly sorrow is necessary for the advancement of His Kingdom. That is a trade we should desire any day.