For
no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is JESUS
CHRIST (1 Corinthians 3:11)
I want
to tell you how the Lord has been testing me at this time. The month of May was
a difficult time for all of us as a family. I am going to list some facts in
general:
1) In
the first week of May my mother was hospitalized.
2) In
the second week my son had an accident on his ripstik.
3) In
the third week my husband had an intestinal infection that took him to bed and for
a week he was not available to work.
4) In
the fourth week it was my turn. I started to feel bad from Memorial Day
weekend. All week I had a fever, cough, headache, and weakness. I hoped to be
well in a week and start the month of June recovering, but it was not. On May
29 I took the Covid test and on June 2 my doctor was giving me the results:
Positive and bronchitis in my lungs. That was terrible!
Through this
entire difficult situation, I remembered the lessons that Pastor Lorri was
teaching us during the months of March and April about the trials in the book
of James
in the Bible and the trials in the series of the book Unscripted by Ernie
Johnson Jr. Really these studies and the prayers of the Church helped me not to
pass out. "If the work of one who builds remains, he will receive a
reward" (1 Corinthians 3:14). I wanted the reward and I am sure that you all
also when it is your turn to pass the test. Nobody wants to suffer loss or that
the work is burned.
But God
is always God of new opportunities. If someone's work was made of wood, hay, or
stubble, obviously the trial by fire will consume it no matter how beautiful
and stable it has looked. Here it is important to note that it is worth
re-building because the foundation remains the same: JESUS CHRIST, the main
cornerstone, the only stable Foundation Rock. This is immovable and is not
consumed. The question now would be: What materials will be used to build this
time? Each stage of life in which trials come, is either an opportunity to be
confirmed by God and receive reward, or it is an opportunity to start building a
new life in repentance, with new materials, with a new perspective, and with a
new experience to glorify God!
Blanca Gill (Editor of this Blog)
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