The Threefold Blessing Hidden in Affliction
Afflictions carry within them a threefold blessing that the righteous discover through patient faith. First, they make us pray. When comfort abandons us and earthly...
This is historical examples on god's attentiveness to the afflicted and trial as spiritual discipline, drawing on Psalms 34:17.
Afflictions carry within them a threefold blessing that the righteous discover through patient faith. First, they make us pray. When comfort abandons us and earthly props crumble, the soul rises on wings of intercession toward Yahweh. Suffering strips away our self-sufficiency and drives us to our knees where we truly belong. The bed of sickness becomes a prayer closet; the furnace of trial becomes an altar.…
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