Yes, many transitions are painful, but we know that blessing awaits when the process is complete. What sustains us in the dark moments is our faith. I would never have made it without my faith. Probably more times than you could count. And let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good deeds, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
History offers no parallel to the church.
When the world is out of joint, when people's minds are disordered and their hearts are failing them for fear, when it seems as though not one stone is left on another, then the thing of supreme importance is the living church, with all of her sanctuaries of worship and her avenues of service, where men and women come to have their faith strengthened, their thoughts clarified, their ideas uplifted, their convictions born, and their characters created.