Good Grief!

Good Grief!

II Cor. 7:10

For GODLY GRIEF and THE PAIN of GOD is permitted

[for what reason?]

to direct and produce a repentance that leads and contributes to salvation and deliverance from evil,

and it never brings regret;

but WORLDLY GRIEF (the hopeless sorrow that is characteristic of the pagan world)

is deadly [breeding and ending in death].
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Pray the Word

Lord, I find myself asking that ‘why?’ question too quickly when circumstances in my life are going uncomfortably out of hand (and, especially, when it keeps going on & on…..) & I don’t like the pain it’s producing. Even though I know You permit grief & pain for a reason, I still need Your grace today to stay away from wallowing in WORLDLY GRIEF over these circumstances. I want ‘no regrets’ today.