“Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.” (Psalm 37:1-2)
I think of the Gospel song, “Farther Along:”
Tempted and tried we’re oft made to wonder,
Why it should be thus all the day long;
While there are others living about us,
Never molested though in the wrong.
Many non-believers have it better in this world than do the followers of Christ, the true Christians. But, this world is not our home. Do not fret or be agitated over their seeming success and lack of suffering while you have difficulties in abundance.
Like grass that is cut down by the blazing heat of the summer sun and the accompanying drought, and like the withering green herb pulled up by the roots and cast aside, those without Christ will be cut off.
The only heaven the Godless Christ rejecters will ever have is here on this earth in this short span of life. And, the only hell the God fearing followers of Christ will ever know is on this earth during our brief stay here.
The next verse starts by saying, “Trust in the Lord and do good…
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