Bedside Watchman BUT FOR A MOMENT

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March 5th -- 2 Corinthians 4
BUT FOR A MOMENT

THERE can be no comparison between a temporal and an eternal object, since the finite can never be compared with the infinite. It is a fact, however, that in all temporal objects men pay great regard to the time required for the endeavour and the durability of the finished work. Who would not be willing to endure a single second of suffering in order to secure some substantial advantage for the rest of life? Yet even a second is a proportion of our allotted span. The fraction can easily be expressed in figures, and not such an appalling array of figures either. Sixty seconds to the minute, sixty minutes to the hour, twenty-four hours to the day, three-hundred - and - sixty-five days to the year, and then seventy years for a human life. But the whole history of mankind does not constitute a fraction of eternity. The realization of this fact helps us to see something of God's point of view, and we can understand why that which seems like the most awful suffering to us can be described as a "light affliction which endureth but for a moment".

ISLIP COLLYER, Conviction and Conduct, pages 125-126