Unpredictable Outcome - Tomorrow will be better

Friday, May 4, 2007 - Tomorrow will be better

My mother recently finished reading a book called "Tomorrow Will Be Better". It's about the people in a country (it wasn't Germany, but I forget now what it was) who were being oppressed by the nazis during WWII. Anyway, my mother read a quote to us from near the end, about how tomorrow will be better, and the sun will come out in the end. It reminded me of a quote from "The Lord of the Rings", where Frodo and Sam are traveling, and Sauron has blotted out the sun, but as the sun is about to set, one ray of light breaks through the dark clouds, and falls on a statue they had been looking at. It is a statue of a king, but the head of it has been cut off, and the orcs have scrawled their writing on it. But the ray of light falls on the head, and reveals a crown of flowers growing there, like a wreath, and the light makes it shine and twinkle. And Frodo says, "They cannot conquer forever." And it's true. It's hard, it is very, very hard, but it will not always be. If you are a Christian, there is always something to look forward to, even the only thing is Heaven. Someday, maybe not tomorrow or the next day, but someday, things will be better. Things will be right. Because they cannot conquer forever.

Does anyone have any quotes or Bible verses they'd like to share on this subject? I'd be very interested to hear them.

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Friday, May 4, 2007 - <i>Untitled Comment</i>

It reminds me of something Santiago says in Ernest Hemingway's "The Old Man and the Sea". It's right after the sharks are going after the huge fish he has finally caught. He says, "A man can be destroyed but not defeated." I think it's the idea that even if a person has by all standards failed, as long as he can hang on in spirit, he isn't completely defeated.

"For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for a lifertime; Weeping may last for the night, but a shout of joy comes in the morning." Psalm 30: 5

On the subject of looking forward to Heaven, "For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us." Romans 6:18

2 Corinthians 4:16-18 has some good things to say along those lines too.

Whew! Sorry for the long comment. I'm not sure that made much sense. But thanks for making me think!

Is it all right if I add you to my friends list?

Edited by sweetpotato on Friday, May 4, 2007 at 12:34 PM

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Saturday, May 5, 2007 - Jokes!

Hi!
We would be happy to have you get jokes and/or riddles for The Backyard. E-mail us for directions on how to post them on The Backyard.

Thank you,

Bluejane
Backyard Staff Member.

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Monday, May 7, 2007 - Untitled Comment

I was a bit late commenting the time :-)
Well, I suppose sweetpotato already said it, but verse 11 of Psalm 30 is also quite good. "Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sack cloth, and girded me with gladness." (I danced to a song with those words once :-) )

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