SUBJECT:  The Great Tribulation

QUESTION: What do you have that could help me in my mediations in preparation to facing the Great Tribulation?

ANSWER:

We know that there is no physical, logistical preparation needed for the Great Tribulation.  That is, there is not storing of food and water beyond our normal physical stewardship of our lives.  There is much to do regarding our Salvation Process.  We are to prepare physically, emotionally, mentally as well as spiritually for the Great Tribulation.  Invoke fervency, diligence, zeal and perseverance to all the elements of the Salvation Process.  See sermon on this subject:  here.

Following are a number of points to ponder regarding this preparation:

Reacting to Events and Especially the Great Tribulation

---All that is necessary is to accept the unacceptable, do without the indispensable, and bear the unbearable.

---The prizes go to those who meet emergencies successfully.  And the way to meet emergencies is to do each daily task the best we can.

---Mishaps are like knives that either serve us or cut is as we grasp them by the blade or the handle.

---I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection.

---Life is a grindstone, and whether it grinds a man down or polishes him up depends on the stuff he’s made of.

---Whenever you fall, pick something up.

---We must never despair; our situation has been compromising before, and it has changed for the better; so I trust it will again.  If difficulties arise, we must put forth new exertion and proportion our efforts to the exigencies of the times. ~George Washington.

---Noble souls, through dust and heat rise from disaster and defeat the stronger.

---Do not lose your inward peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.

---We can either change the complexities of life or develop ways that enable us to cope more effectively.

---Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.

---The difficulties of life are intended to make us better, not bitter.

---Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.

---Any man can shoot a gun, and with practice he can draw fast and shoot accurately, but that makes no difference.  What counts is how you stand up when somebody is shooting back at you.

---A man has no more character than he can command in a time of crisis.

---Concern should drive us into action, not into a depression.

---Always take an emergency leisurely.

---When the rock is hard, we get harder than the rock.  When the job is tough, we get tougher than the job.

---Let no feeling of discouragement prey upon you, and in the end you are sure to succeed. –Abraham Lincoln

---This is courage…to bear unflinchingly what heaven sends.

---To accept whatever comes, regardless of the consequences, is to be unafraid.

---Courage, in the final analysis, is nothing but an affirmative answer to the shocks of existence.

---Courage is a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.  

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