April 11: Joy Through Tribulation.
All Things Work Together for Our Good.
Sorrow is better than laughter, for by a sad countenance the heart is made better.--Ecclesiastes 7:3, NKJV
ALL OUR SUFFERING and sorrows, all our temptations and trials, all our sadness and griefs, all our persecutions and privations, in short, all things work together for our good. All experiences and circumstances are God's workmen whereby good is brought to us.--The Ministry of Healing, 488.
It may be that much work needs to be done in your character building, that you are a rough stone, which must be squared and polished before it can fill a place in God's temple. You need not be surprised if with hammer and chisel God cuts away the sharp corners of your character until you are prepared to fill the place He has for you. No human being can accomplish this work. Only by God can it be done. And be assured that He will not strike one useless blow. His every blow is struck in love, for your eternal happiness. He knows your infirmities and works to restore, not to destroy.--Testimonies of the Church, vol. 7, 264.
Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is,
because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God,
to those who are called according to His purpose.
--Romans 8:27, 28, NKJV
All Things Work Together for Our Good.
Sorrow is better than laughter, for by a sad countenance the heart is made better.--Ecclesiastes 7:3, NKJV
ALL OUR SUFFERING and sorrows, all our temptations and trials, all our sadness and griefs, all our persecutions and privations, in short, all things work together for our good. All experiences and circumstances are God's workmen whereby good is brought to us.--The Ministry of Healing, 488.
It may be that much work needs to be done in your character building, that you are a rough stone, which must be squared and polished before it can fill a place in God's temple. You need not be surprised if with hammer and chisel God cuts away the sharp corners of your character until you are prepared to fill the place He has for you. No human being can accomplish this work. Only by God can it be done. And be assured that He will not strike one useless blow. His every blow is struck in love, for your eternal happiness. He knows your infirmities and works to restore, not to destroy.--Testimonies of the Church, vol. 7, 264.
Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is,
because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God,
to those who are called according to His purpose.
--Romans 8:27, 28, NKJV
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