“For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.” Romans 8:18
The permissive will of God may seem to hold for us a “bitter cup” even as it did for Christ in Gethsemane, yet there is blessed promise in the implication that….
After These Things
(John 21:1)
“After these things!” What things my heart would cry?
After the scoffing of the jeering throng;
After the night the lonely Saviour died;
After a week that must have seemed so long!
After the rumors of those angels fair,
Whose message was that Jesus lived again;
After the news of empty sepulcher–
The many claims of those who saw Him then.
“After these things,” our Saviour “showed himself,”
Sorrow and sighing fled forevermore.
So look beyond “the sufferings of this present time, “….
Be sure God’s “afters” are worth waiting for!
For more of the poetry of my grandmother, visit the “Uplifted Eyes” page.
