For I consider the sufferings of this present time not worthy to be compared with the coming glory to be revealed to us. Romans 8:18, TLV

Not Worth Comparing.   Back when we lived in the Philadelphia area, there was this lovely woman in our congregation, “Judy”. Not only was she lovely on the outside, but her heart just radiated the love of Yeshua [Jesus]. She wasn’t able to attend services regularly because she had a disease similar to MS.

As the disease progressed, she became homebound. But that didn’t stop her from being one of the congregation’s most faithful intercessors.

If anyone wanted prayer, they made sure Judy was also praying. She prayed for everyone in the congregation. I don’t know if it was every day, but it was regularly.

Did she suffer with this disease, of course. Yet, I believe Judy had inched a tiny toe into the glory that would finally be revealed when her body gave out, because she and her Heavenly Father were in near-constant communication. She chose to focus on GOD’s love for her despite the pain and what the world saw in her body.

Nothing separated her from His love.

But in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Messiah Yeshua our Lord. (vss. 37-39, TLV)

Today every inch of Judy intimately knows the glory of being in her Father’s and His Son’s presence. And I’m happy for her. I have no doubt she would say the pain was not worth comparing to being with Him for eternity.

Still, there’s one less prayer warrior partnering with us.

Were that we would be more like Judy.