The steadfast love of the Lord is better than life.

And if the steadfast love of the Lord, experientially, now in this world and fully in the edge to come, is better than life,

then we don't lose it when we lose life. And we don't lose it when we lose

everything that life can give. It's one thing to say God's love is better than life when

life's going well. But when your health fails, that's when it gets tested. I'm Dan Kroover. In this episode of

light and truth, John Piper helps us hold fast to what we can't lose, even when

everything else slips away. This message was originally delivered at the Cove in

Asheville, North Carolina on July 14, 2000.

That's test number one. Now, on the heels, I mean, you just can't believe this, can you?

And many of you know this, when it rains, it pours, right?

They come in batches, I don't know. Why? You know, you stub your toe,

is a little illustration. You stub your toe, you reach down to caress your toe, you stand up

and hit your head on the cabinet door. Why, why back to back, Lord? Put the, put the head bang on one

day and the toe stub on the other day.

They come in batches.

I mean, little ones come in batches, big ones come in batches.

Well, here it is.

Seven and eight of chapter two now.

I'm skipping again. You see what I i'm doing i'm skipping over the heavenly

scene to the to the calamity here it says he was afflicted with loathsome sores from the soul of his

foot to the crown of his head and he took a pot shirt a a little broken piece of pot, with which to scrape

himself and he sat among the ashes. Now, let's get a picture of this. These are not little

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