Sermonette: No Pain, No Gain

Sermonette: No Pain, No Gain

Romans 8:28
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Mike Ford (1955-2021)
Given 18-Oct-00; 20 minutes

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description: (hide) Mike Ford, ruminating on the folk maxim, "When you’re up to your neck in alligators, it is hard to remember that your goal was to drain the swamp," draws the corollary "When you’re up to your neck in trials, it’s easy to forget you are in training to be a member of the God family." The antidote to forgetting is focus, remembering that everything happening to people called according to God’s plan fits into a pattern for ultimate good. Intellectually we can assent to this understanding, but emotionally it is hard- especially in a searing trial. The sermonette provides inspiring examples of people in grave trials keeping their eyes on the prize.