Is It Okay to Be a Christian and Be Not Okay?

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powerful, poignant, and painfully relatable (and I wish it wasn't so)

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11:08 - 13:37 Pastor Daniel uses Jesus as the example/case study here, but it immediately made me think of his ancestor Leah and the way God worked out all her pain for good. Only in heaven/eternity will she see her legacy through the sons God gave her. She had no way of knowing in her present suffering and pain how blessed she was by God. She had no way of knowing in the present life of her legacy through her son Levi (the father of the tribe of Israel who had the honor of serving the Lord in the tabernacle and temple, from which the Levitical priesthood and Moses came from). She had no way of knowing in the present life of her legacy through her son Judah (the father of the lineage that would include King David and eventually Jesus). I know there were times her situation and circumstances in life made her feel diminished and insignificant, but her life was so significant and impactful. She spent a lifetime being unloved but her life and legacy produced the life of a man who brought perfect love to the whole world, Jesus. A plain and ordinary woman, but God's divine plan for her was more than that, and could never be limited by her circumstances, social status, or standing in life. Like Pastor Daniel said, there's just some things we won't know on this side of heaven that are working out for our good and God's glory.

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Nake Hagari akĩhe Jehova ũcio wamwarĩirie rĩĩtwa rĩĩrĩ: “Wee nĩwe Ngai ũrĩa ũnyonaga,” nĩgũkorwo oigire atĩrĩ, “Rĩu niĩ ndĩkuona Ũrĩa ũnyonaga.”