"For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy ot be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us"

Living for Christ and with Christ is like a bed of roses. The frangance of rose and the beautiful colours along with the torns. The suffering in present time is so real. The tsunami is a recent example. How can one go on trusting and walking in Him? It is so tempting to give up. The romans then were not facing good time either, esp followers of Christ were not popular, but hated. It is so easy to give up. There were time I felt like giving up if not for Him and His presence.

Somehow birth pain comes to mind when I read the verse. The joy of emracing your child very much overshadow the pain. To put it in another way, it brings healing to the pain. Well, God's glory will heal all the scars of the pain, just as Christ was resurrected, and reases the sting of death, so it shall be.

There is hope. There is the energiser to keep me going, even when it is so tiring. God to keep hiding under His wings.