In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer" Isaiah As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem" Isaiah Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end The hope of the Gospel The hope of glory" Colossians 1: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction" Hosea O grave, where is thy victory?
Having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better" Philippians 1: There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor" Job 3: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them" Revelation For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption" Psalm Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: Neither can they die any more: And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day" John 6: For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven: If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.
For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: As we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory" 1Corinthians Know ye not that we shall judge angels? For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: They which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ" Romans 5: To you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels.
He shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe because our testimony among you was believed in that day. That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ" 2Thessalonians 1: I go to prepare a place for you.
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also" John For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God. They desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: Gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ" 1Peter 1: They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.
For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory" John The city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: The sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us" Romans 8: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness" Psalm And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads" Revelation See verses 51, That ye may know that ye have eternal life" 1John 5: He that believeth on him is not condemned.
He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life" John 3: We are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul" Hebrews All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out" John 6: They which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.
The Scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe" Galatians 3: See Justification, part 1, chap. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation" Romans How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee? All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die?
Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin. Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat offering and a drink offering unto the LORD your God? None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him: If the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby" Ezekiel Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me" Psalm But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet" Luke Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the LORD" Jeremiah 3: Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people" Deuteronomy 4: Thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the LORD: And the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety" Leviticus For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.
Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments" Psalm Who shall dwell in thy holy hill? He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart" Psalm The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them. Such as are upright in their way are his delight" Proverbs The upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it" Proverbs 2: Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved. A faithful man shall abound with blessings" Proverbs That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures" Proverbs 8: His heart is established, he shall not be afraid, until he see his desire upon his enemies" Psalm Those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.
The LORD shall help them, and deliver them: Trust ye in the LORD for ever: For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit" Jeremiah It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD" Lamentations 3: So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine" Proverbs 3: In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: See Promises of Hearing Prayer, part 1, chap.
For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved" Romans I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely" Revelation And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely" Revelation He that believeth on me, as the Scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water" John 7: Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
She is more precious than rubies: Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: The wise shall inherit glory" Proverbs 3: Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it" Proverbs A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.
My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste: The wise shall understand" Daniel For he that hath, to him shall be given: Incline your ear, and come unto me: For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace" Isaiah The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: Moreover by them is thy servant warned: The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple" Psalm And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper" Psalm 1: The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God, by the resurrection of Jesus Christ" 1Peter 3: Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?
And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; for this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins" Matthew For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him. As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love" Song of Solomon 2: A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him" Malachi 3: Death and life are in the power of the tongue: A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: The tongue of the wise is health" Proverbs Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame" Revelation And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants" Luke He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not" Psalm The sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the LORD, to serve him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the Sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant; even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise; that it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth" Ephesians 6: When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee" Proverbs 6: And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon thy gates: Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell" Proverbs Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul" Proverbs Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.
Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her. Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates" Proverbs For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men" 1Peter 2: And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away" 1Peter 5: Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath" Luke As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible" Jeremiah For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you" Matthew Be not afraid of their faces: They shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee" Jeremiah 1: He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward" Matthew It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him" 1John 3: The liberal soul shall be made fat: He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour" Proverbs Surely he shall not be moved for ever: He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour" Psalm The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth" Ecclesiastes When thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: If thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday: He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack" Proverbs I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me" Matthew For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again" Luke 6: Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness" 2Corinthians 9: God loveth a cheerful giver" 2Corinthians 9: And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts.
And all nations shall call you blessed: Be not deceived; God is not mocked: For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting" Galatians 6: But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God.
But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus" Philippians 4: So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man" Proverbs 3: In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: Forgive, and ye shall be forgiven" Luke 6: He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart" Psalm Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: The substance of a diligent man is precious" Proverbs Unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance" Matthew He that doeth these things shall never be moved" Psalm Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it" Isaiah Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour" Psalm He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour" Psalm For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off" Proverbs And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: He that is slow to anger appeaseth strife" Proverbs Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
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As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us" Romans 8: Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward" Hebrews If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him. He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope. For the Lord will not cast off for ever" Lamentations 3: But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
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Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy" James 5: For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry" Hebrews Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son" 2John 8, 9. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.
And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming" 1John 2: Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne" Revelation 3: To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.
And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations: And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel" Psalm 2: In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land: God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him" Psalm Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: His name shall endure for ever: Let the whole earth be filled with his glory" Psalm And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit" Isaiah Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles; to open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house" Isaiah I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
Behold, these shall come from far: Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: As I live, saith the LORD, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bind them on thee, as a bride doeth. The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other, shall say again in thine ears, The place is too strait for me: See verses 8, 9, 11, 19, 21, 22, and chapter Michael kept asking he The Promise Author: Michael kept asking her out and proved to her he was someone who could be trusted.
They are so in love. Michael and Nancy want to have a small wedding. Michael comes from a very wealthy family. They have many family values and traditions. His mother is like the queen of the family. Michael has always done everything he could to please his mother.
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Nancy knows his mother doesn't like her. His mother doesn't think she is good enough for her son. One day when Michael and Nancy are riding their bikes they pass a man selling stuff. Michael asks Nancy if she would like a pink stuffed doggie. She chooses a cheap blue beaded necklace. They keep going on there bike ride and when they stop at a very pretty site she takes off the beads and buries them in the dirt at the base of the big tree. She says lets make a promise to never forget what is here or for what it stands for.
He then says I promise to never say goodbye to you. She hires a private investigator to dig up bad things on Nancy. They get into a big fight. Michael calls his Best Friend Ben and the three of them decide that Michael and Nancy should just run away and get married. Their driving and are all talking and not paying attention to the road and all of a sudden a huge truck is in both lanes coming right at them.
They get in a huge accident. Ben first comes to and sees Mike is alive but barely breathing. Then he looks at Nancy and sees her beautiful face is just ripped off! They all end up in the hospital. Nancy gets flown to another one because of her injuries. His mother tells Michael that Nancy died!
Michaels mother goes to the hospital where Nancy is and tells her that she will never be anything but hideous and Michael is starting a career in a job that is too powerful to have a wife that looks like her. She tells her it is the best thing for both of them. She insists that if she loves Michael she will stay out of his life.
His mother also says that she told Michael what hospital she is in and if he really loved her he would come and see her. After a while when he never comes to see Nancy she believes his mother and accepts her money and plastic surgeon to fix her face. She also promises not to try and contact Michael. What Nancy also doesn't know is that his mother gave a different picture to the plastic surgeon so he would make her look totally different.
She has the surgery and when she sees her face she decides to change her name too. She is so upset about Michael not caring about her she figures she should just be someone else. She then continues her career as an artist and photographer under a different name. She is now Marie and lives on the west coast. One day her office gets a request for her to do some work at company in Boston.
She then realizes it is the one she had given to Michael. She now realizes she is going to be face to face with him and runs out of the office. She doesn't want to see him. He even asks her if it is something personal or something against his firm. She is so upset. She feels the one person who she truly loved abandoned her like her mother did. She has no idea he really doesn't know that she survived the accident. She doesn't know that his mother is a really wicked and mean person.
She finally decides to meet him for coffee and just keeps getting madder at him because he does not know who she really is.
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She then leaves and while she is in town she drives to the spot where her and Michael and buried the blue beads. While she is sitting there she decides to dig them up. They belong to someone else. Someone I loved and never forgot! He then walked up to her and said I promised to never say goodbye and I never did. She then told him you never came to see me or find me. He tells her he was told she died. She admitted she promised to stay out of his life if they gave her a new face.
They immediately find all the love they have for each other and tell each other how much they love each other. They then decide they are going to get married immediately. He told her he started noticing things about her that were so much like his Nancy and that his mother finally admitted what she had done.
She begged for forgiveness and he ran out looking for her. He could find her in the city and decided to go to their spot to just remember her and when he got there he realized she was already there. They now know they really belong together! This book was very good and very powerful about true love. One of the most beautiful novels I have ever read, at first It was boring to read about story of two young lovers who have to deal with the naughty mom. Love, hope, patience, destiny have been the most important traits of this novel.
A poor girl marries a rich boy and is unacceptable to her new mother-in-law. When she is in a car accident and terribly disfigured, her mother-in-law pays for her reconstructive surgery on the condition that she will disappear from her son's life. Feb 18, Sheila rated it it was amazing.
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This is the very first book I read by this author and fell in love with her style of writing as I could 'picture' the story unfolding in my mind. Years later I saw the movie and although it was good I could honestly say that the book was so much better and I have been reading her books ever since. Secretly read this as a kid without my mum knowing I had taken it out of the bookcase. I have such fond memories of reading Danielle Steel under the bed covers and this was such a great, over the top read. Jul 13, Adam Davis rated it did not like it. My wife and I both had our seventh grade teacher read this book to us.
Years later, I was in a band with the authors son for a few weeks before he was kicked out for drug use. Oh yea, the book It was pretty awful. I'm always amazed at the lengths snooty matriarchs will go to, just to keep poor, deserving girls from marrying their sons. Aug 11, Caitlin Blechschmidt rated it it was amazing. Jun 07, Brenda rated it it was amazing Recommended to Brenda by: So surprised at myself for having never read this before. This was a reread for me. I enjoyed it as much as I did the fist time years ago.
I love DS books and I am glad I agreed to do this for a buddy read. View all 3 comments. Jul 13, W. This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I promise to love this book forever and always I read The Promise for the first time after my aunt recommended it to me when I was nineteen years old. There is a Bollywood movie Yeh Vaada Raha inspired by this novel that I had always loved as a child and my aunt told me that the original novel is even better I spent months browsing every book store I walked into, knowing that Danielle Steel is a world famous author and surely big bookstore chains would carry her entire collection.
This wa I promise to love this book forever and always This was of course before the days when buying books online was the norm. Eventually though I discovered the book depository and finally ordered my copy. Since then, I have read and reread this book so many times, my cover is starting to peel off. Highly recommended to all Bollywood fans too! Or what it stands for I didn't watch Gary Michael White's film version until after I read the novel, so you may say that I am biased; but despite the fact that the screenplay came first, I was quite underwhelmed by the film in comparison to the epic romance that Steel showed me.
Nancy is a serious bad ass; especially considering that this novel was written in the 70's before the days when Shonda Rhimes graced us with super bad ass women on TV. She overcomes extreme tragedy and circumstances in which most of us would just roll over and give up but she grows stronger. She doesn't lose hope. She redefines herself and then, when it becomes clear to her that her love is never coming back, she gets even tougher.
So tough that she turns him away multiple times when he shows up on her door step. The answer is still no. And it will stay no. While she is fully prepared to start anew and leave all remnants of her old life behind, it wouldn't be a very good romance novel if it didn't have a big old sappy 'happily ever after' now would it? If you thought Nancy was resilient, their love story is even more so. Considering the amount of time they spend apart, the fact that they still find their way back to each other in the end makes their love seem so much more real and so much more special.
Their love isn't blind.
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He so loved the Father and us that He meekly and submissively let His will be completely swallowed up in the will of the Father in order to accomplish the Atonement, including blessing billions and billions of us with the unmerited, universal resurrection. What He did is staggering to contemplate. No wonder He can help us along. He knows the way.
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On the cross, He directed John to take care of His mother, Mary. He comforted a thief on a nearby cross. In contrast, when you and I let ourselves get stuck in the ooze of our own self-pity, we fail to notice the needs of others. With a little more effort, we can become a little more noticing and a little more nurturing. Let us reflect on our circles of love. Are they increasing in size, or are they static? What is the quality of our caring for those within those circles? Do we avoid lazy stereotyping?
Are we lovingly patient with others who are also striving to develop? Or do we, judgmentally and impatiently, constantly pull up the daisies to see how their roots are doing? President Brigham Young —77 declared of love, so fundamental to everything else: I allude to charity, or love, from which proceed forgiveness , long suffering, kindness, and patience. Jesus likewise exemplifies perfect patience and long-suffering.
Routine and repetition may bother us, may bore us. God is patient with us in process of time. He also helps by trying our patience and our faith see 2 Thes. If left untried, those qualities, which are portable and eternal, would remain underdeveloped. These isometrics are a blessing in disguise, though I grant you sometimes the blessing is well disguised.
As striving disciples, therefore, are we willing to be so mentored? He knows our bearing capacities. Though we ourselves may feel pushed to the breaking point, ere long, thanks to Him, these once-daunting challenges become receding milestones. Even outstanding and courageous Jeremiah was once discouraged. Being mocked and persecuted, he briefly considered refraining from speaking out anymore. Jeremiah reached a breaking point, but he did not break! Jesus also exemplifies meekness and humility.
Though ever supernal in His achievements, Christ always, always gave the glory to the Father whether in the first, second, or now in the third estate. He always knew who He was! Can we, in turn, partake of our tiny bitter cups without becoming bitter? What a wonderful way for us to witness, especially to those we love the most! Can we overcome our drives for status and preeminence or our mundane desires merely to be one up on other people?