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 How Happy Are Tired Christians by C.H. Spurgeon


[b]"Afterward."[/b]
Hebrews 12:11

How happy are tried Christians, afterwards. No calm more deep than
that which succeeds a storm. Who has not rejoiced in clear shinings
after rain? Victorious banquets are for well-exercised soldiers.
After killing the lion we eat the honey; after climbing the Hill
Difficulty, we sit down in the arbour to rest; after traversing the
Valley of Humiliation, after fighting with Apollyon, the shining
one appears, with the healing branch from the tree of life. Our
sorrows, like the passing keels of the vessels upon the sea, leave
a silver line of holy light behind them "afterwards." It is peace,
sweet, deep peace, which follows the horrible turmoil which once
reigned in our tormented, guilty souls. See, then, the happy estate
of a Christian! He has his best things last, and he therefore in
this world receives his worst things first. But even his worst
things are "afterward" good things, harsh ploughings yielding
joyful harvests. Even now he grows rich by his losses, he rises by
his falls, he lives by dying, and becomes full by being emptied;
if, then, his grievous afflictions yield him so much peaceable
fruit in this life, what shall be the full vintage of joy
"afterwards" in heaven? If his dark nights are as bright as the
world's days, what shall his days be? If even his starlight is more
splendid than the sun, what must his sunlight be? If he can sing in
a dungeon, how sweetly will he sing in heaven! If he can praise the
Lord in the fires, how will he extol him before the eternal throne!
If evil be good to him now, what will the overflowing goodness of
God be to him then? Oh, blessed "afterward!" Who would not be a
Christian? Who would not bear the present cross for the crown which
cometh afterwards? But herein is work for patience, for the rest is
not for to-day, nor the triumph for the present, but "afterward."
Wait, O soul, and let patience have her perfect work.


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