When your scripture reading takes you here…
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade – kept in heaven for you, who through faith are shielded by God’s power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that your faith – of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire – may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls.   – 1 Peter 1:3-9
…it’s hard to think of anything else. Oh, be still my heart! What great and precious promises are professed in these words. They refresh my faith and strengthen my hope.
I’ve been dwelling in them all week. I’ve needed them.
May you be filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy through Christ today.
In hope,
Shelli
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