How to Cope With Real Trouble

Q: What does the Bible say about coping with sorrow?

The Bible teaches that there is a time for everything, including sorrow, and we can find comfort in God's eternal purpose for our lives (Ecclesiastes 3:1-11). In Ecclesiastes 3:1-11, we learn that 'to everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven.' This passage emphasizes the cyclical nature of life, where sorrow is a natural part of our human experience. As believers, we are called to understand that God sovereignly ordains all events, including our trials and sorrows, which ultimately serve His purpose and glorify Him. We see that in times of grief, God's grace and providence provide comfort and help us cope with the harsh realities of life, reinforcing our faith in His eternal plan for us.

Q: How do we know God's purpose in our suffering?

We know God's purpose in suffering through scripture, which reveals that all trials are designed to teach us, humble us, and ultimately lead us to recognize that everything on earth is temporary (Ecclesiastes 3:11). The Puritan understanding of suffering is that it is a tool used by God to shape and refine His people. Ecclesiastes 3:11 states that 'He hath made everything beautiful in his time,' indicating that even our suffering has a purpose in God's grand design. God does not waste our pain; instead, He uses it to grow our faith and dependence on Him. We also recognize that our suffering is temporary, as all things associated with this life will pass away, while God's kingdom remains eternal. C.S. Lewis captures this concept well by expressing that pain is often God's megaphone to rouse a deaf world, guiding us back to Him.

Q: Why is understanding God's sovereignty important for Christians?

Understanding God's sovereignty is crucial because it assures Christians that God is in control of all situations, bringing everything to a predetermined good purpose, even in times of trouble (Romans 8:28). The sovereignty of God is a foundational truth in the Christian faith, signifying that He has the ultimate authority over all life events. As Henry Mahan points out in his sermon, knowing that 'My times are in his hands' offers believers immense comfort amid suffering, explaining that nothing occurs outside of God's divine will. Recognizing God's sovereignty bolsters our trust as we navigate life's uncertainties, encouraging us to surrender our struggles to Him. It reassures us that our trials are neither random nor purposeless; instead, they align with God's eternal plan for our good and His glory.

I want you to open your Bibles
with me to the book of Job, Job chapter 14. Job 14. And it says, Man that is born
of a woman is short of days. and full of trouble. He cometh
forth like a flower, and is cut down. He fleeth also as a shadow,
and continueth not. And dost thou open thine eyes
upon such a one, and bringest me into judgment with thee? Who can bring a clean thing out
of an unclean? Christ can, but we can't. Not one. Seeing man's days are
determined, the number of his months are with God. And the Lord hath appointed his
bounds that he cannot pass. Last week here in our community, a seventeen-year-old high school
student played in a basketball game in
the Arrington High School gym. Shortly after the game was over,
the young man came into the locker room and sat down And then he fell on the floor
and died of cardiac arrest. Now I and every one of you feel
great sympathy for the parents of this young man and for his
family and for his friends and for his schoolmates. And I've
been following the story carefully in the paper, as I'm sure many
of you have, And in reading about this incident
in the paper, something caught my attention and caused me to
prepare this message that I'm bringing to you today. I read where school officials
brought in counselors and trained personnel. to help the young students at
this high school to cope with the death of their friend. Twenty-five percent of the students
didn't even come to school the next day, and those who did come
had counselors and trained personnel to talk to them and to help them
cope with this sorrow. I wondered when I read that,
perhaps you did too, I wondered what these counselors and these,
as they were called, trained personnel, I wondered what these
people had to say. to these young folks that would
help them cope with death. Did you think about it? I wonder
what they said, I wonder what method they used, I wonder what
words they spoke to help these young people cope with sorrow,
something they didn't understand, something unexpected. Counselors have to say to these
young people that would equip them to deal with the trials
and sorrows and heartaches of this natural life. How does one cope with sorrow? I not only wondered what these
people had to say, but I wondered about something else. I wondered
if I had been faithful in speaking to you through these
years and helping you to cope with death and sorrow and heartaches
and trials and everyday difficulties which come our way. Well, if
I haven't, I'm going to be faithful today. and speak to you on this
subject, how to cope with real sorrow. Now, I believe, I really believe,
if you'll listen to me, and if you'll hear what I say,
if you'll listen to me, and if you'll hear what I have to say,
and if you'll believe and receive the word of our Lord, if you
then you won't need earthly counselors to help you cope, and you won't
need earthly natural trained personnel and human philosophers,
psychologists, to help you cope with what you must endure, and
that is the trials and sorrows and realities of life. You'll
find, if you'll listen to me, and if you'll hear and believe
God's word, you'll find all the help you need, all the strength you need in
his purpose and his grace, and all the comfort you'll need for
whatever difficulty God has ordained for you this day. Now, please understand as I speak,
please understand three things. Number one, the unexpected, and we ought to expect the unexpected. The unexpected and, as people
like to say, untimely. That's a bad word. The untimely
death of a daughter or son. or husband or wife or dear friend
is a shock. It is. And it's a sorrow and
a trial that is so difficult and so heavy. And I speak from
experience, and many of you have experienced the same thing. It's
not easy, is it? It's hard. All right, with that
out of the way, that's understood. Secondly, and understand this
as I speak. The death or the sudden homegoing
of a loved one, or a friend, leaves a void. It leaves a part of this life
which no one else can fill, ever. Even though life goes And it
does, and activities and daily living continues as usual for
all who are here, that soul. But that one that is departed
is never forgotten, never. Nor does memory erase, time heals
and so forth, but it doesn't erase. So many things remind us of of
those whom we love who are not here today. So many things remind
us of them. I could go through this congregation
and tell you places out here where friends used to sit that
are not there now, and things remind me of them, so many things. I smile when something happens. I say, that's what so-and-so
would have said, or so-and-so would have enjoyed this. So they're
out of the way. They're not forgotten. Their
memory lives on. Thirdly, don't be ashamed to
cry. We weep. I'd be ashamed if I
couldn't cry. Paul said, We weep with those
that weep. We are men and women of sorrow
and acquainted with grief, just like our Master. My Lord wept. My Lord wept. But we realize
this. Change and decay and death is
a part of this pilgrimage. Will you understand that? It's
a part of it. The songwriter put it in these
words, swift to its close, ebbs out life's little days. Its joys
grow dim, its glories fade away, change and decay. In all around
I see, O God, who changes not, abide with me." Change is a part
of our lives. There is a time and a season
for each thing. Turn to Ecclesiastes. Now, you've
got to go over here with me. the book of Ecclesiastes chapter
3. Change and decay in all around
I see. A part of this life, a part of
this pilgrimage is change, change. It's a time like summer, winter,
fall, and spring. It changes. Everything on this
earth changes. And the wise man says in Ecclesiastes
3, To everything there is a season. Are you with me? Chapter 3, verse
1. There's a time for every purpose
unto heaven. There's a time to be born, and
a time to die. There's a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which
is planted. See what he's saying? There's a time to kill, there's
a time to heal. There's a time to break down,
there's a time to build up. There's a time to weep, there's
a time to laugh. You understand what he's saying?
Time doesn't stand still. Life doesn't stand still. You
must not try to hold it at one place. There's a time to be born,
and there's a time to die. You're not going to stay back
here as an infant. It's time to die. It's time to plant. Spring comes, we plow the ground,
we plant. We enjoy the garden, but you
can't keep it. You can't spray it with paraffin
and preserve it. You've got to pull it up. Time
to dig it up. It's time to weep. Time to stop
weeping. That's right. It's time to go
on. It's time to weep. It's time
to laugh. Don't quit laughing, but don't laugh all the time.
It's time to mourn. It's time for agony and grief. It's time to dance. Be happy. Gather the family around
you and make everybody rejoice. It's time. It's time to cast
away stones and it's time to gather stones together. Is it
time to embrace? Is it time to refrain from embracing? Is it time to get? Is it time
to lose? Is it time to keep? Is it time
to cast away? Is it time to reign? Is it time
to show? Is it time to keep silence? Is it time to speak? There's a time to love, there's
a time to hate. There's a time of war, there's
a time of peace. You understand what he's saying?
Stop right there a moment. You're wise if you do. You can't live in the past, you
can't live in the future. You live in the present. There's
a time when I was a little boy. Born 65 years ago, almost, Fairfield,
Alabama. Lived there in the home of my
mother and dad. There was a time for that. Time I became a young
teenager and went off to war. Time for my mother and dad to
tell me goodbye. I came back. I met my dear wife. Time for me to leave home now
and be joined to my wife, my mother and daddy. no longer live
with them, no longer under their roof or authority. I've got a
home now. And then I had children. A time of joy. And then they grew up. Now they're
gone. My mother and dad died. There's
a time for that. There's a time when mother and
dad, there's a time, I'm the grandfather of these children
down here. One of these days they have to tell their granddaddy
goodbye. And there's a day they're going to have to tell their parents
goodbye. There's a day they're going to have to tell some friends
goodbye. See, there's time and season. There's time to born,
time to live, time to plant, time to root up, time to weep,
time to mourn, time to laugh, time to embrace, time not to
embrace, time to kill, time not to heal, time... And it just
goes on. You can't stop it. Do you understand
what I'm saying? Don't try. You can't stop it. That's what he's saying. You're
wise if you can get over that. You're unwise if you can't. You
can't make it stand still in any one place. You must not try to hold to any
particular point or part or person who must fulfill God's great
design and move on. I started pastoring this church
40 years ago, next September. It can't go on 40 more years. There's a time when this particular
situation is going to change, and it's time to go on. You see
what I'm saying? There's a time. Now, look at
the next verse, verse 9. And what profit hath he that
worketh in that wherein he laboureth? Now, what's he saying? This is
what he's saying. There's no permanent, earthly
profit in anything that we do. No permanent profit, earthly
gain. All of our plans, all of our
labors, all of our works, all of our building is temporary
in this world. My time is short. A man's day
is a few, and he's going to leave it all to another. There's absolutely
nothing here that's permanent. There's no profit, permanent
profit, in anything that we aspire to accomplish in this world.
We're building something for somebody else to use. I remember
when I moved to Ashland. The C. H. Parson name was stamped
on this town. That big story down there was
the place. About half of you all worked
down there, didn't you? C.H. Parsons, big doings. He had a
big home over here somewhere. King B., King P. Parsons, stamped all over this
town. Where is it now? That place down
there is a shell. He's gone and all of his memory
is gone. It's all done for. It's served
its time. But that applies to everything
and everybody who walks through this world. There's no profit. That's what
he says. What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein
he laboureth? What gain? What's he going to
accomplish by it? He's going to have to tell it
all goodbye. It's going to serve its purpose and time, and it's
gone. Read the next verse. I've seen the tribunal. I've
seen the pain and the struggle. I've seen the trouble which God
hath given to the sons of men. I've seen it, I know what I'm
talking about, the wise man says. This struggle and pain and trouble
that men go to to gain wisdom and to gain knowledge and to
gain honors and to gain riches, they work, they strive, they
labor, they get education, they strive for wisdom and honor and
peace and strive for happiness, happiness. Some gain these things,
some don't, but even if they do, they don't keep it. They
don't keep it. But there's a time for all things.
There's a time for happiness, there's a time for sorrow, there's
a time to bear, there's a time to tear down. And watch this
last line here. I've seen the travail which God
has given to the sons of men to be exercised in all this. In other words, God's purpose
in all of this, God's eternal purpose in all of this, is to
teach us. to humble us, to let us see that
everything associated with this earth is vanity. That's what
Solomon's whole book is about, vanity of vanities. He said,
I've tried riches, vanity. I've tried wisdom, vanity. I've
tried pleasure, vanity. I've tried mirth, vanity. I've
come to this conclusion, it's all vanity and vexation of spirit,
everything. Almighty God is humbling us and
teaching us and letting us know that everything associated with
this world will fade away. The passion of this world fadeth
away. Happiness and peace is never
to be found here. Never to be found here. It's
only in him. Happiness and peace and security
and rest and profit and glory is only found in him. All that's
eternal and glorious is in him, not here. Can you see that? There's a time to be born, there's
a time to die. There's a time to laugh and a
time to cry. There's a time to mourn and a
time to dance. There's a time to plant, there's
a time to pull up. And it just keeps on going, like
spring and winter, summer and fall, spring and winter, summer
and fall. It keeps changing. And what profit
is there? What gain is there? But verse
11, notice this. But I'll tell you this, he hath
made everything beautiful in his time. He hath made everything beautiful
in his time." Here's what the wise man is saying. According
to his purpose and his providence and according to his almighty
power and working, everything here that God has done and is
doing will be beautiful in his time. It's all going to accomplish
a beautiful purpose. A friend of mine told me one
time he went into a a rug factory where they made rugs. Back years
ago they used to, nowadays it's just this, blue or red or green
or something, but it used to be they had beautiful rugs with
flowers and leaves and just all kind of colors. You go in their
living room, there's a rug boy. You remember those rugs in the
parlors of people's houses? They were multicolored, just
beautiful. And he said, I went to the factory where they made
those things, and he said, I went into this room and I saw these
big machines and they were just running like this, you know,
and the thread was going into the machine. It was black thread
and blue thread and red thread and orange thread and green thread
and all these different threads going into this machine. And
I thought, my, what a mess is going to be on the other side.
when all those different threads are messed up together, red,
blue, orange, green, all these different colors. But he said,
I went on the other side of the machine and down the line, and
I saw this beautiful rug coming out, and those flowers and designs
were breathtaking, beautiful. And this machine had taken all
of those different colors of thread, black and purple and
red and blue and orange and green, and so distributed them and so
worked them out that they came out in a gorgeous, gorgeous design
on the other side of the machine. This is what he's saying right
here. God hath made everything beautiful in his time. And here's
my life. poverty, depression, all these family, sorrow, sadness,
joy, weeping, building, tearing down, gaining, losing, and all
of it in one man's life. And you children, that's where
you're going to live, up and down, in and out, happy and sad. death and life, born and died,
all these things, and they just go into the same person. But all things work together
for good to them who love God, who are called according to his
purpose. And all these things, in God's time, on the other side
of that wall and that Every one of those events and
actions and people that cross my path is going to make a flower
for God's glory in my enjoyment. You wait and see. That's what
he said. He's going to make it beautiful. I can't. I messed it up here. But even my messes are going
to result in his glory. Even the wrath of man will praise
the Lord. You wait and see. You sit around saying, I shouldn't
have done that. Yeah, you should have to. God will use it to accomplish
his purpose. You shouldn't have for a lot
of reasons, but you did for his good reason. That's right. He's beautiful in his time. Also,
now watch this. Hold on to your seat there now.
Also, he hath set the world in their heart. Richard, you mean I've got the
world in my heart? Yep, I have too. A whole lot
of it. I've got a whole lot of it. A
loving husband or wife, part of this world. That relationship
is not going to continue. That's this world. These loving
children and grandchildren, they're in my heart, but they're part
of this life. A dear friend, you dear friends,
this church, this congregation, you mean so much to me. You own my occupation, your vocation,
your work, your house. You love your house, don't you?
I love mine. I love my garden. You love your farm? You love
your fishing boat? Joe Turner loves his. Bob loves
his. You love your golf clubs? Ronnie
does. That's right. That's all part
of the world, isn't it? Nothing wrong with it. I'll show you
that in a minute. Popular youth? No. You love your work. You got
the world in your heart. That's right. Your antique collection,
you ladies, some of you got antiques? You love them, don't you? Cooking?
Boy, you like to fix those. I know you brought them by my
house. Look at me. You just take pleasure, Esther,
don't you, in making them beautiful cookies. They're good. But now remember, there's a time,
you've got the world in your heart where you don't. So that
no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning
to the end. All of these things are part
of us, God has made them a part of us, and we're such a part
of him, we're earthbound creatures. That's right, we're walking through
this world, we're earthbound creatures, and we cannot know,
we cannot anticipate, we cannot find out this glorious purpose
of God and work of God in all that God has decreed from the
beginning to the end. No one ever got all his works
from the beginning. Everything God's going to do,
he's doing. But I've got to live here for
a while. I've got to have a relationship
with this dear lady. I can't live over yonder. I'm
living here. I've got to have a relationship
with this dear son of mine and daughter-in-law and with my grandchildren. An earthly relationship. I can't
live up yonder in the future somewhere, Bob. I can't be so
heavenly minded of no earthly good. You see, I can't be so pious
that I lose contact with and touch with people to whom I'm
diminishing, and enjoy. He's put this world in our hearts.
He's made us a part of this world, to enjoy this world. And he didn't
mean for us to be able to enter into God's eternal purposes and
plans, which he's purposed from the beginning. We've got to finish
this job. We've got to finish this walk.
We've got to walk through this wall. We've got things yet to
do. A fellow asked Spurgeon one time, he said, I just don't have
dying grace. Spurgeon said, are you dying?
He said, well, no. He said, you don't need it. What do you need
with dying grace? You're not dying. He'll make everything beautiful
in his time. And he has set us in this world
and given us an attachment. You can't minister to people
unless you love them. That's right, you can't live
in harmony with somebody unless you care. You can't do your work
unless you put your heart into it. You can't serve your employer
and do the right kind of job if you're not a good workman.
God wants you to do what you're doing with all your might. And he's not yet revealed to
you what's going on over yonder and what he's going to do. You
just can't know. I see through a glass dimly.
I know in part. I preach in part. But when that
which is perfect is come, I'm going to put away these toys
and these childish things, and I'll have no more interest in
this place. Isn't that right? But I've got to have an interest
in it right now. And that's the way God's designed
it. Is it time to be born? Is it time to be a kid? Be a
good kid. Is it time to be a silly teenager?
Be a good one. Is it time to be a husband and
start building your house and working your farm? Is it time
to be a grandpa? Is it time to be a workman? Is
it time to be a boss? Is it time to build? Is it time
to rethink? One step at a time, do it. And
then when God makes everything beautiful, This will seem like child's toys. That's right. But he doesn't
want me to look on it that way right now. It's serious. Read
on. Now, verse 12, I know there's
no good in them. I know there's no good, no profit
in these worldly things. There's nothing lasting here
in these relationships and these doings and these works. You're
going to put a roof on a house? It's going to rot. Well, you're
not going to get the idea that I'll just do a half job then.
No, sir, you do the best job you can. You see what I'm saying? I know
there's no good in it, but for a man to rejoice, I can rejoice
for the time and hour that God gives me and all God permits
me to have, making proper use of it. I can do good in my lifetime. I can do the best I can with
what He's given me to do and to do with. And also that every
man should eat and drink and enjoy the good of his labor.
This is all the gift of God. Enjoy that little precious baby
in your home. And enjoy it with all your heart.
And raise it in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. Be the
best parents you can. But it's coming a time. Let it
go. Let it go. Go on your fishing
trip and enjoy catching the fish and have a good time. God's given
you that to enjoy. Enjoy, but you can't play the
rest of your life. Let it go. You see what he said? There's a time, there's a time. Here's a dear friend been in
my life and God takes him away. I can't sit around and mourn
and weep and carry on and make everybody else miserable. I've
got to give him up, let him go and turn and have another friend.
and help him out. See what I'm saying? That'll help you parents. I told
Arson that when our son Robbie died, and I told her and the
children, listen, he lived in a happy home. It ain't going
to change. No sir, we're not going to make this place a place
of mourning, and a place of emptiness, and a place of dread, and a place
of gloom, and put his picture around everywhere, and put a
shrine up to him. No sir, we're living people.
That's right. It's time to tell them goodbye. Now you know what I said when
I started. That place is never occupied by anybody else. But
there's somebody else to occupy this place, and they need it. There's a time. And when you
realize, when you get this through these, it's hard, isn't it? When you get this thing understood,
that everything, there's a time. And God's given us to enjoy it.
It's the gift of God. It's the gift of God. It's the
gift of God. But hold loosely to it. Let it
serve its purpose, its time, realizing it is a time gift. Now, there's an unspeakable gift,
the gift of his Son. It's got nothing to do with time.
There's a gift of life. God has given us eternal life.
It's got nothing to do with time. There's a gift of the family
of God. There's a gift of Christ Jesus, his blood. There's a gift
of his mercy. That's got nothing to do with
time. These are gifts of God here too. But they're time gifts. And don't you try to make them
anything else. They're time gifts. Enjoy them.
But now, what's the next line? And I know that whatsoever and
whatsoever God doeth, It'll be forever. It'll be forever. I know, even in this limited
mind of mine, limited understanding, I know what God does. What God
does is going to be forever. What God does. All right, listen
to me now. The world, with its temporary
joys, its trials, its pleasures, its sorrows, its tears, shall
pass away. But God has a new heaven and
new earth. that will never pass away. The old covenant of works
has failed. Man is hopelessly in sin, failure,
and death. But God has made a covenant of
grace in Christ his Son. He will not fail. He will bring
us to glory. This body right here is going
to grow older and older and older and die. But God has redeemed
me body and soul by the life and death of his Son, and I live
forever. To die is gain. This family of
flesh, which I love so dearly, will all pass away one at a time.
But God's going to bring us together someday in his presence in eternal
glory. It'll never die. And this grace
of hope, faith, and love is so limited that God will one day
turn faith into fulfillment, hope into reality, and love into
perfection. And it says here, what God does,
it will be forever. Nothing can be put to it. It's
finished. It's perfected. It's complete.
Nothing can be taken from it. Of those which thou hast given
me, I'll lose nothing. And God does it that men may
fear before him. Now watch this, verse 15. That
which hath been is now. And that which is to be hath
already been, and God requireth that which is past. Turn back
one page to Ecclesiastes 1.9. I want you to look at this, Ecclesiastes
1.9. The thing which hath been, it
is that which shall be. And that which is done, it is
that which shall be done. And there's no new thing under
the sun. Same thing, isn't it? All right, go back to verse 15
of Ecclesiastes 3. Now, this will help you cope
with sorrow, trial and trouble, even death. He says here, that
which hath been is now. In other words, that which God
purposed before the foundation of the That which God predestinated
and decreed in Christ for his people, for his church, for his
bride, that which is decreed from all eternity is now, by
the good providence of God, being accomplished. That's what's happening. That's what's taking place. This
child is born into my home from all eternity. This child lives. This child
marries, that child dies, this one dies, that one dies, this
happens, that happens. That which hath been is happening
right now. You don't suppose for a minute
that these are accidents, do you? You don't think that for
a moment, do you? The scripture says, God ruleth
over all. The scripture says, Not a spire
falls to the ground without your Father. The hairs of your head
are numbered. All things are of God. He declares
the end from the beginning, and that which he has decreed is
happening now. That's what he said. Now look
at the next line. And that which is to be hath already been. In other words, what's going
to happen tomorrow is already in the books for God's children. Charlie, that's so. It's in the
book. It's already been. All there is to be in my life
and the lives of all of his people for his glory has already been
determined. That's what that says. That's where I get my comfort.
I get my comfort from this. Look at the last line here in
that verse. And God requires, that which is pious, God requires
all that's purposed in the pious to be done. He requires everything
in the pious to be accomplished. He's got to do it. Christ is
the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world, but he's got to
die. All that happened in the life of our Lord was prophesied
in the Old Testament, but it had to be done. And everything
in your life, whatever it may be, if your child of God is decreed
and designed and purposed by your Heavenly Father, and it's
already down. Now, let me ask you, would you
change that? Who would you want to determine
it? If you just take from here on, just
from this moment on in your life, who would you turn it over to?
You? Me? Please don't. A committee? Let's leave it where it is. Let's
leave my future where it is. My times are in his hands. Now,
that's the way to cope with sorrow. You see, this is the way one
copes with anything that happens, is to believe in life and death,
believe God, and believe that God Almighty Everything he sends
our way is for his glory and our good, to accomplish his purpose
and make everything beautiful. And to believe that eternal life
is in Christ and believe that death is what God says it is,
it's precious in the sight of the Lord. Blessed are the dead who die
in the Lord. To live is Christ, to die is gain. And I tell you
this, in God's time, There's a time to be born, a time to
die, and a time to weep, and a time to laugh, and a time for
war, and a time for peace. And there's a time on God's calendar
when everything's going to be beautiful. And that's the time
I'm looking forward to. That'll be glory for me, when
he takes all of this that's happened in my life and makes it beautiful. And he's
the only one who can, because that's the way he designed it. So that's how you cope with sorrow. There's a time for all things
unto heaven. Time is a part of my life. The
Lord himself has ordered all things and their time. And what
he does, he does for my good and the good of his kingdom and
the good of his people and for his glory. And in his own time,
he'll make it all beautiful and perfect. And it's all right. It's like Eli was sitting there.
Eli knew this. When they said, your sons, what's
going to happen to your sons? He said, it's all right. It's
the Lord. Let him do what he will. When they told Job about
all the things that happened in his life, he said, it's all
right. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away. Blessed
be the name of the Lord. And that's how you cope with
it. Isn't it? That's how you cope with it. All right, let's sing that song,
number 505. That will be glory for me when all my labors and
trials are over, I'm safe on that blissful shore, just to
be near the dear Lord our Lord, worthy of the ages. Be glory
for me." I hope the message has been helpful to you.

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