Surpassing Worth

“Session 5: Unity of the Body of Christ”
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As I worked on this session, I was struggling with what to say.   One of the original applications went as follows, “Prayerfully ask the Lord to show you one person you can share your burdens with and then do it.” I struggled to write even that because I knew this was something I had failed to do in the past.  I wrote that original application on a Friday morning. By Friday night my husband was in emergency surgery. This session came to my mind. I knew I should share our requests and needs with the church, but it was hard enough for me to ask my inner circle of immediate family and friends for help.  Suffering is messy, I didn’t want other people to see me like that. However, I did reach out, and I was right.  It was uncomfortable, it was messy, and some people saw me falling so utterly short of Christ’s perfection. But you know what? They didn’t care. They just loved me through it. They were kind, they were tenderhearted, and when necessary, they were forgiving towards my faults just as God in Christ has forgiven them theirs (Ephesians 4:32). On Monday morning, we got our first bit of good news, and it wasn’t just my inner circle who were able to praise and thank God. It was our entire church. God brought this verse to my mind, “You also must help us by prayer, so that many will give thanks on our behalf for the blessing granted us through the prayers of many” (2 Corinthians 1:11). I had shared our suffering with the church and now we could all share in praising God. The thanksgivings to God had increased to the glory of God (2 Corinthians 4:15). In Session 5: Unity of the Body we will learn that sharing our joys and burdens with each other isn’t about us, and it isn’t even about the church. It is about the glory of God.    

Blessed:
A Study of Job for the Suffering Saint
By H. M. Coker

The grief washes over you like a stormy wave, cold and suffocating. Then, it pulls away. You can breathe again. You can feel the sun. Just when you think everything might be alright, another wave slams into you and smothers you with blinding water. Each wave threatens to toss you about, shatter you against the shore, and eventually drag you out to sea. In this kind of suffering your only hope is a solid rock, a stronghold. The waves will still come, but you will rest secure.

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