Today’s Thought “A Rose Garden?” G. Ward Acts 20 22 “And now I am bound by the Spirit to go to Jerusalem. I don’t know what awaits me, 23 except that the Holy Spirit tells me in city after city that jail and suffering lie ahead. 24 But my life is worth nothing to me unless I use it for finishing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus—the work of telling others the Good News about the wonderful grace of God. I’m never offended when any question God’s mercy concerning how He allows so much suffering, because it reveals insight to know of my opportunity to proclaim His excellency and whereas many insist on sharing only those melodious passages, it discounts the Savior’s suffering that insisted our encounters would include the same (*John 15:18-20) and when you acknowledge the whole scroll, there’s identification with surrender unto His regard that keeps me confident that He will never forsake me. The message that truly motivates will always regard great warning that encourages our knowing sufferings as temporary; unfolding an eternity prepared for you without pain.