round up your containers

There's more to come: We continue to shout our praise even when we're hemmed in with troubles, because we know how troubles can develop passionate patience in us, and how that patience in turn forges the tempered steel of virtue, keeping us alert for whatever God will do next. In alert expectancy such as this, we're never left feeling shortchanged. Quite the contrary—we can't round up enough containers to hold everything God generously pours into our lives through the Holy Spirit!
-Romans 5:3-5 the Message

This is the scripture that touched me this week. I usually read from my NIV Bible or New Living Translation. But when I feel God speaking to me, I'll read the piece of scripture from some other translations, one of my favorites being the Message. I like the part that says we can't round up enough containers to hold everything He generously give us. How could you not feel hopeful after reading that?

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link of the day:
http://www.needhim.org/