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the Lord always; and again I say, Rejoice.”—
The Health Reformer,
October, 1877
. (
Selected Messages 2:274
.)
An Antidote for Grief—God has provided a balm for every
wound. There is a balm in Gilead, there is a physician there. Will
you not now as never before study the Scriptures? Seek the Lord for
wisdom in every emergency. In every trial plead with Jesus to show
you a way out of your troubles, then your eyes will be opened to behold
the remedy and to apply to your case the healing promises that have
been recorded in His Word.
In this way the enemy will find no place to lead you into mourning
and unbelief, but instead you will have faith and hope and courage in
the Lord. The Holy Spirit will give you clear discernment that you
may see and appropriate every blessing that will act as an antidote
to grief, as a branch of healing to every draught of bitterness that is
placed to your lips. Every draught of bitterness will be mingled with
the love of Jesus, and in place of complaining of the bitterness you
will realize that Jesus’ love and grace are so mingled with sorrow that
it has been turned into subdued, holy, sanctified joy.—Lt 65a, 1894.
(
Selected Messages 2:273, 274
.)
Separation From God Brings Anguish of Soul—It was the an-
guish of separation from His Father’s favor that made Christ’s suf-
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ferings so acute. As the agony of soul came upon Him, “His sweat
was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground” (
Luke
22:44
). His terrible anguish, caused by the thought that in this hour of
need God had forsaken Him, portrays the anguish that the sinner will
feel when, too late, he realizes that God’s Spirit is withdrawn from
him.—MS 134, 1905.
Understood When We Walk in Paradise—The earth has a his-
tory that man will never understand until he walks with his Redeemer
in the paradise of God. “For the Lamb which is in the midst of the
throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of
waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes” (
Revelation
7:17
).—MS 28, 1898.
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