For while we are still in this tent, we groan, being burdened–not that we would be unclothed, but that we would be further clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a guarantee.
2 Cor 5:4-5
Tonight this struck me as a beautiful promise...that God has prepared me not only to be clothed with righteousness and Life, but also to suffer through the transition. Its easy, and appropriate, to focus on the goal: when all that is mortal is swallowed by life (of the eternal type)...but I can't forget the groaning that has to happen before I get to that place. The beauty is God has prepared me for both, and sent the Spirit to guide me through the pain into the glory.
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