So as I'm trying to decide what to write on today, thoughts of last night's small group meeting come to mind. We started a study on 1 Peter, and without adding all twelve verses that we read, Peter writes to remind his readers (who are exiled and homeless by the way) that regardless of their circumstances, regardless of their losses and suffering and need, they have so much in Christ to be joyful over that their trials are really nothing.
In short, remember.
And the bulk of our discussion was on this very point.
How do we remember what we have in Christ when our co-worker is fighting against us or our child is crying or our spouse is being difficult or we get cut off in traffic or we fret over the future of our nation or the kids are sick or I hurt my arm or..or...or...
Peter's answer is simply to remember.
Remember His great mercy (1 Peter 1:3).
Remember we have an inheritance waiting for us (verse 4).
Remember that our salvation is being guarded and awaits us (verse 5).
Remember that our trials will only last "for a little while" (verse 6).
Remember that our trials will result in "praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ" (verse 7).
Remember.
God, help us to remember and not forget the awesome blessings we have in Christ.
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