Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Psalm 37:12-19
by: Nathanael Lawton.
A good example of some of the thoughts expressed in this passage is in the story of Joseph in Genesis 37 and 39 through 45. Joseph had many trials: being sold into slavery by his own brothers, being framed by his boss’s wife, being thrown into prison, and facing a great famine. Throughout all his troubles, God was with him, and that turned out to be worth more than any amount of riches. Things do not always work out that clearly in everyone’s lives, but the hope of eternity in Heaven turns the perspective away from just this life.