2 Corinthians 4:16 - 5:1
16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day. 17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, 18 while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal. 5:1 For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day. 17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, 18 while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal. 5:1 For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
Because of the faith we are kept in by certain grace, we can have courage and endurance in the race. We see our old nature from Adam slowly being replaced by the new, and can see that we are being made more like Christ. This makes the pain and anguish of life pale in comparison with eternity. Much of what we are destined for is clouded over as if looking in an old dirt encrusted mirror (the very dust of the earth we are made of), but we know certainly that these thing exist and will be ours one day. We live in light of this unseen eternity, knowing this body will be torn down that a glorious temple for God will replace it, one made by God Himself that cannot ever decay or fade away. This is why we should never lose heart, no matter the pain of trial or change.
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