Unconquerable Soul

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Unconquerable Soul

“In the fell clutch of circumstance

I have not winced nor cried aloud

Under the bludgeonious and fear

My head is bloody, but unbowed.”

William E. Henley 1888 Invictus (in part)

  There’s so much pain and sorrow around us today, some shared-some not, all in keeping with the fall of Adam and Eve and the curse of death that followed. Could it be by chance that we find ourselves in harms way or the toying of the devil. Might God have plans for the calamities of this world and as suffering souls we are workers for His Glory? Whatever the purpose and the perpetrator of our scars, wounds and shadow of death, God is there. None has suffered more than our lord Jesus Christ and none will. The weight of our sins alone tortured Him unto death. Yet, He made no grumbling complaints. “Forgive then Father” was His example to us.

  Isaiah 53:7 “He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.”

  A warning to those who are not with us in the loving of God, He sends another alternative to His love.

  Isaiah 65:12  “Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not.”

  Mark 13:13 “And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.”

  John 15:18 “If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.” 

  Luke 23:32 “And there were also two other, malefactors, led with him to be put to death. 

(33)"And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left. (34) Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do...” 

  One malefactor repented of his sin. He represents we who have accepted Christ Jesus. The other did not and he represents those who will not follow Christ to Paradise. As suffering draws us ever closer to death, let us remain strong. It is inevitable. Why become frustrated and torment family and friends with grumbling and complaints. Know God, know peace. Amen. 11-25-2-2- BLL

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