"God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you." I don’t think it necessary to relate to my readers the almost indescribable sufferings of Christ, both physical and spiritual. Most, if not all of you, are well aware of the agony He went through, both in body and soul, especially the latter. It is unfathomable to understand, to say the least.
He paid a high cost personally to be a blessing to us individually. And so it will be with all who would follow in their Master’s steps. There will be a dear price to be paid if we’re to hear those most coveted words, “You've been such a blessing to my life.” Such valued souls have only become such by passing through God’s refining fires, thus burning away the dross, making them of great worth to others.
Therefore, from henceforth, whenever we see or think of one who has been a huge blessing to our lives, let us remember, to be so, they had to spend a long time in the firey furnace, alone. Their experienced anguish may be an external affliction, that all can see; but it can also be an internal agony, that only God sees. One way or the other, to be sure, these blessed “blessers” have paid the uttermost farthing for our benefit!
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