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It is so common for we humans to be focused on this little life. But when we do this, it only magnifies the little trials we encounter.

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Listen… 4:16 For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward [man] is renewed day by day.
4:17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding [and] eternal weight of glory;
4:18 While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen [are] temporal; but the things which are not seen [are] eternal.  2nd Corinthians

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This above passage puts our troubles in their proper perspective. In this light of eternity, this little life is nothing!

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Just think about it! God is going to bring us into an everlasting Promised Land in which we will never suffer any longer!

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Listen again… 21:2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
21:3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God [is] with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, [and be] their God.
21:4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
21:5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.  Revelation

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In this above passage, it is revealed that all the suffering and sorrow of this life will be forever banished in the world to come!

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And so, in light of this, it behooves us to take our eyes off of this life and get focused on the things of Heaven!

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Listen once more… 4:17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding [and] eternal weight of glory;
4:18 While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen [are] temporal; but the things which are not seen [are] eternal.  Hebrews

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Here again, the Lord is encouraging us to get our eyes off the things of this life, and keep our focus ever upward!