The LORD gives.
The LORD takes away.
Blessed be the name of the LORD.
—Job 1:21
The heartbeat of the Christian life: “sorrowful yet always rejoicing.”
—2 Cor. 6:10
2 Corinthians 4:8-10 explains that we are “always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies.” And the result looks like this:
The Dying of Jesus The Life of Jesus afflicted in every way but not crushed perplexed but not driven to despair persecuted but not forsaken struck down but not destroyed
He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!
—Revelation 22:20