Comments on: In Memory of a Redemptive Gladiator http://tomsterbens.net/2009/03/memories-of-a-redemptive-gladiator/ Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:25:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: RobertW http://tomsterbens.net/2009/03/memories-of-a-redemptive-gladiator/comment-page-1/#comment-31 RobertW Sat, 18 Apr 2009 17:56:26 +0000 http://tomsterbens.net/?p=33#comment-31 I once heard a preacher (though I cannot remember who) describe the verse in Revelation where it says "God will wipe away the tears from every weeping eye." He said that we will not be weeping because of our hurts, because of our pains, because of our wounds, traumas, or injuries. We will be weeping for what 'could have been, should have been, could have used, could have done, could have affected,' all those things we had the ability to transform, yet did not do." I think it is one thing to imagine God wiping our eyes due to hurts and pains. I think it is entirely another to imagine God wiping our eyes because of our own unfaithfulness concerning what He planted in us to do. I once heard a preacher (though I cannot remember who) describe the verse in Revelation where it says “God will wipe away the tears from every weeping eye.” He said that we will not be weeping because of our hurts, because of our pains, because of our wounds, traumas, or injuries. We will be weeping for what ‘could have been, should have been, could have used, could have done, could have affected,’ all those things we had the ability to transform, yet did not do.”

I think it is one thing to imagine God wiping our eyes due to hurts and pains.

I think it is entirely another to imagine God wiping our eyes because of our own unfaithfulness concerning what He planted in us to do.

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