Hell on Earth

     
“When you pass through deep waters, I will be with you; your troubleswill not overwhelm you. When you pass through fire, you will not be burned; thehard trials that come will not hurt you. For I am the Lord your God, the holyGod of Israel, who saves you.” (Isaiah 43:2-3, Good News Translation)

We were watching an old episode of NCIS, and one ofthe characters was dealing with some trials in life. One of his co-workerssaid, “If you are going through hell, keep going.”

Isn’t that the truth? When things aren’t going wellfor us and it feels like we are living in hell on earth, don’t we sometimesjust want to give up and quit? And then where are we? Still stuck in hell onearth.

Turn your problems over to God, ask Him to give youthe strength to keep plowing through, and then keeping going until you are backto heaven on earth.

And also remember – hell on earth is nothing comparedto the real hell. Make sure your goal is to end up in the real heaven when youleave this earth.

(The picture above is from Hell's Gate Park in Kenya, when I was there in 2017. I climbed this same wall, but didn't do it nearly as gracefully as the younger volunteers.)