R. C. Sproul
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I haven't seen any vocational schools that give a diploma in suffering, or a place where you can go and study how to die.
And yet, if I understand what Scripture is teaching about the nature of suffering and about the nature of death, there are times in a person's life where the call of God upon that person
Is to suffer.
a somewhat lesser known work of Herman Melville, the author of Moby Dick and
Billy Bud and the host of South Sea adventure stories.
One of his lesser known works, Melville makes this statement.
He says
Until we learn that
That one grief
outweighs a thousand joys.
We will never understand what Christianity is trying to make us.
Now when Melville makes that statement, I don't think that he's simply being morbid or pessimistic.
But he is echoing a sentiment that we find in Scripture itself.
For example, the wisdom literature of the Old Testament declares that it is better to go to the house of mourning.
And to spend our time with fools.
It's just one more case in point where we see how closely related the God of Scripture is to the reality of suffering and of pain.
And then the first segment together I mentioned this word vocation.
And usually when we use this word vocation, we're referring to our career or to our life's work.
Uh whenever I meet someone the first time I ask them what their name is and where they live, and then inevitably I'll say, What do you do?
I'm inquiring about your vocation.
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