"Before I Was Afflicted I Went Astray, But Now I Obey YOUR Word!"

GOD'S School!

(Hannah More)

"Before I was afflicted I went astray,
but now I obey YOUR word!"
Psalm 119:67

"I know, O LORD, that YOUR laws
are righteous, and in faithfulness 
YOU have afflicted me. Psalm 119:75

"I have refined you in the furnace
of affliction!" Isaiah 48:10

Affliction is GOD'S school

in which holy virtues are acquired,

and Christian character is formed.

"It was good for me to be afflicted,
so that I might learn YOUR decrees!"
Psalm 119:71

"No discipline seems pleasant
at the time, but painful. Later on,
however, it produces a harvest
of righteousness and peace for
those who have been trained by it."
Hebrews 12:11  

  
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GraceGems has published Horatius Bonar's insightful article,
"The Mortal and the Immortal".