Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Luther's Great Statement on Our Trials - Pentecost, Third Sermon

 


"Yea, it shall be that in the greatest sadness there shall be comfort; in the greatest misery and desolation, joy and help; in death, everlasting life; until these better things come to be our possession, and the heart, having overcome all evil and being filled with the unspeakable joy of salvation, hears the bold, joyful word of victory which Christ utters: “Because I live, ye shall live also,” and as we beautifully sing in Psalm 118:15-17: “The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the righteous. The right hand of Jehovah doeth valiantly. I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of Jehovah.”

Bethany and her nurse Ida - no two could be more joyful. If anyone dropped something or spilled food and cussed, Bethany laughed and laughed, and got everyone else laughing as well. Nurses called her "Angel." One said, "I had 10 children and no one taught me love better her."