We once heard of a dear old Christian lady who lived all alone in a small apartment in the poorer part of the city. She was too old to work, but she was lovingly cared for by her Christian friends. She didn’t have much in the way of furniture in her little place, but she never complained. She was thankful for what the Lord had given her.
Once she was asked, “Do you ever get discouraged about your poor conditions?”
“Satan does tempt me to complain sometimes,” she answered.
“And what do you say then?” the visitor asked.
“Why, I just ask the Lord to put me in the easy chair to keep me quiet.”
Her visitor looked around for anything that looked like an easy chair and remarked, “I don’t see any easy chair; I don’t think I quite understand what you mean.”
“No, you don’t see it,” she said, “but it is always close by. When He sets me in it, I just rest and say to Satan, ‘Now you be quiet.’ My easy chair is Romans 8:2828And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. (Romans 8:28): ‘And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose."'
The visitor learned a lesson from the dear old lady, and many times since has tried the easy chair and found it very helpful. Do you have this easy chair as a part of the “furniture” in your home?
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