Cannot be improved one tiny bit, because they've been carefully crafted for you by SovereignShepherdJesus. Why doesn't He give me easier, Dave? Because suffering produces perseverance, then character, then hope/faith/dependency, and there is NOTHing that comes close to comparing with Jesus-dependency. Biggest need you have in your life today, even though your human-wisdom would have you believe that your biggest need is easier -- that easier would make you happiest. Your human-wisdom has NEVER delivered happiness to you -- only addiction to controlling your circumstances to deliver easier.
SovereignShepherdJesus is in the process of delivering us from the prison of human-wisdom-dependency, so our faith will be contagious to the seculars around us. The nicest, kindest, sweetest thing His Spirit ever does for us is EXPOSE our human-wisdom-dependency so we can CONFESS and be momentarily FREE. Ahhh. In Glory we'll be FREE 24/7.
-- Dave McCarty, GospelFriendships, always forgetting what's true
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