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Two out of three of my favorite miracles aren't even in the New Testament. The first one is when the sun stood still for 24hrs. Found in Joshua 10:1-14, We see the Israelites fighting against the Canaanites and God wins it for them when by discomfiting their enemies, and if that was not enough Joshua, never leaving a job unfinished exercises a faith that is truly to be admired by commanding the sun to stand still in Gibeon and the moon in the valley of Ajalon. Can you imagine so much faith that you don't even ask God you just say what you want done and it is so. Such Faith!

The Christian's life is really a School of Hard KNocks and cannot be compared with the World's school of hard knocks. If you are a Christian never expect things always to go the way you planned. The Christian life is one of continual hardship, conflict and toil but I love the way Paul puts it in Philippians 1:21: For to me to live is Christ and to die is gain.

In 2Corinthians 4:17, Paul talks about our light affliction but what is so interesting about this affliction is that it is only for a moment. YOu know to us our problems and trials sometimes seem to last a considerable time before God answers us but in His sight it is just a moment and it should be like this for us too especially when it is compared to the eternal glory that awaits us if we just trust in God's love and hold on to him.  When you look at it that way you can see why Paul was able to say that his affliction though light was but for a moment.