But God is With You

Hi, I’m Joni Eareckson Tada, and one of my favorite phrases in the Bible are two simple little words: “But God.” Take a look through the letters of the Apostle Paul, and he often puts those two little words right after he finishes describing shipwrecks, imprisonments, beatings, rejection, you name it. Paul faced a lot of physical, emotional and spiritual challenges. And how does he start his next sentence? But God! It may be a small thought, but, oh, what a powerful one! As I learned in high school English class, a conjunctive phrase like that cancels everything that has gone before and overwhelms it with what follows. The point being? The next time you struggle with headaches and hardships, don’t forget to follow it with those preeminently supreme words, but God! Because Jesus overwhelms the pain of those trials with his overwhelming grace and goodness.

© Joni and Friends

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