"The Lord’s meaning descended into my soul: in which I saw that it behoveth needs to be, by virtue of His great [Goodness] and His own worship, that His dearworthy Servant, which He loved so much, should be verily and blissfully rewarded, above that he should have been if he had not fallen. Yea, and so far forth, that his falling and his woe, that he hath taken thereby, shall be turned into high and overpassing worship and endless bliss."
Julian of Norwich (Ch. 51)
We are God's dearworthy ones - precious and highly esteemed - that He loves so very much! He sees all the suffering we go through just living in this world, all the brokenness and hurt from the corruption, trouble and wrong that is in the world. He hurts for us, He hurts with us, and because of how good and loving He is, He says that it must be so that we be rewards for all our suffering and hurt down here! He rewards us far more than if we had never suffered from the Fall. He rewards us far more highly and greatly than our trouble and sin has brought us down. Christ has turned every wrong into right by pure grace. Yes, it is by pure grace and love that Christ has come and healed us, saved us, and repaid us for all our loss. What He gives more than makes up for all we have lost through sin. You can be sure that every pain, sorrow, and hurt we've known here through the brokenness of this world is already healed and recompensed through Christ and will be brought to us in our experience. Every pain will be wholeness, every hurt will be wellness, every broken relationship will be reconciled, every sin will be goodness, every condemnation will be honor. It's already that way in heaven and Christ will bring that heaven to earth and we will know it, live in it, experience it, and be filled with joy because of it! There will be no more pain, no more sorrow, no more evil, no more wrong! Joy is coming and peace will reign, and we will be happy in the happiness of God, happier than we could ever imagine. And all shall be well!
"Though sin is shown to be wide and deep, thank God his grace is wider and deeper still! The whole outlook changes—sin used to be the master of men and in the end handed them over to death: now grace is the ruling factor, with righteousness as its purpose and its end the bringing of men to the eternal life of God through Jesus Christ our Lord."
Romans 5:20-21 (PHILLIPS)
"In my opinion whatever we may have to go through now is less than nothing compared with the magnificent future God has planned for us.... in the end the whole of created life will be rescued from the tyranny of change and decay, and have its share in that magnificent liberty ...[of] the children of God!"
Romans 8:18,23 (PHILLIPS)
A Prayer: Thank You for turning all the bad times we've had here into the most amazing good times with You!