Iron Rose Sister Ministries

We each have our own story: our own battles, victories, and the feelings that accompany them.
And we all identify with stories. Through them, we find hope. We recognize the emotions. We connect with the moments of despair, the challenges, and the fears. We are reminded of God, who is bigger and, that by His power, we will become victorious and joyful in the battle.
In the throes of the battle, we can learn to walk by faith and not by sight (2 Cor. 5:7), we can accompany others in their own battles (2 Cor. 1:3-7), and we can gain access to an inexpressible and glorious joy (1 Peter 1:6-9).
None of this makes sense according to earthly wisdom, but godly wisdom grants us a new perspective – we can recognize and cling to the living hope and inheritance that will never perish, spoil or fade (1 Peter 1:3-5).
3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you, 5 who through faith are shielded by God’s power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. 6 In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. 7 These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. 8 Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, 9 for you are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls. ~ 1 Peter 1:3-9
I love how our hope is renewed, and our perspective is changed, by walking with Christ through the battle. We learn, just as David expressed in Psalm 20, that we can recognize victorious and become joyful, even in battle.
What victory and joy can you claim today?