Treasures in Jars of Clay

Journal Entry-February 1-2, 2009
I've had several scripture passages come to my mind as I'm doing about all I can do, which is lie down. I can sleep right after I take some medicine for the pain, but when I wake the effects of the chemo. are right there again.

"For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, 'Abba! Father!' The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with Him in order that we might be glorified with Him. For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us...for in this hope were we saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience." Romans 8:15-18, 24-25

"But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us. We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying about in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies. For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh. So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light and momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison as we look not to the things which are seen, but to the things which are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.