Rejoice!
As Abraham saw Christ's day and rejoiced, so we, in our most forlorn state, see that day when Christ shall give us rest and therein rejoice, I beseech you, Christian, for the honour of the Gospel,
and for your soul's comfort, leave not this heavenly art to be learned when in your greatest extremity you have most need to use it. He who with Stephen "sees the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God," will comfortably bear the shower of stones. "The joy of the Lord is our strength," and that joy must be drawn from the place of our joy. If we walk without our strength, how long are we likely to endure?
—Richard Baxter "The Saint's Everlasting Rest"
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Lord strengthen me according to your glorious might unto all patients with longsuffering with joyfullness…Col 1:11