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do you do As all of us know, suffering is an inescapable part of life on earth. This is something the

apostle Paul understood. He was no stranger to

hardship and he taught us that we of all people should be able to demonstrate

perseverance during times of difficulty.

Today on Truth for Life, Alice Erbegg examines Paul's letter to the Romans to find out

why. Why? for I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory

that is to be revealed to us.

For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God.

For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it in hope that the creation

itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory

of the children of God.

For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together

in the pains of childbirth until now.

And not only the creation, but we ourselves who have the first fruits of the

spirit grown inwardly as we weighed eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.

For in this hope we were saved.

Now hope that is seen is not hope,

for who hopes for what he sees. But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.

A number of you I know are CS Lewis fans, you will know his book The Weight of Glory, and in it he makes an observation and he observes that when we consider what he refers to as the unblushing promises of all that

God has in store for his children, he says we in response are half-hearted creatures.

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