Soren writes of the Apostle Paul's "Thorn In The Flesh" pouring "All of the agony into the brevity of the moment." This episode explores the existence of pain and joy in the same cup. And the more God uses us for His purposes, the more we may suffer.

Soren in developing his Upbuilding Discourse on Paul's "Thorn in the Flesh" reminds us, his readers, that we "Don't Have Too Many Moments To Waste On Worldly Sorrow."

In light of eternity, they are brief and passing.

The Apostle Paul is seen by many as a deluded impostor who had a selfish and egotistical scheme to create a new religion based on the teachings of an executed rabbi from Nazareth. A backwater town. Which resulted in the Apostle Paul enduring hardships like his Lord. Sounds like a bad deal unless it is actually true.

The thorn in the flesh seems particularly harrowing and painful. And was sent and allowed by God to keep Paul humble in light of the exceedingly great revelation he had received from the risen Jesus.

As a companion to the podcast, I'll be posting some thoughts about my Copenhagen trip recently here: https://bierkergaard.blogspot.com/

My buddies and I were blessed to be able to hang around a fire with Sune from Copenhagen, Denmark. Where we were able to practice "Hygge" which is a Danish word for comfort/cozy. It is the intro for the other episode for today.

We had an interesting night discussing the US presidential election and related matters as well some of the issues in Denmark. We were eating Brats, drinking my Homebrew Belgian Triple with Lavender, and a couple of us smoking pipes and being professorial.

And hanging out with Rue the dog who is one of the kindest canines I know.