It is a sweet thing to be able to trace the hand of God in our afflictions, for nothing can come from that hand towards one of His children, but that which is good and right.
If you will think of those hands of which the Lord says, "I have engraved you upon the palms of My hands" (Isaiah 49:16) you may rest assured that nothing can come from those hands but what infinite wisdom directs, and infinite love has ordained!
[Charles H. Spurgeon]
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Ruth 1:21 … I went out full and the Lord hath brought me home again empty: why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the Lord hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?
Hebrews 12:6 … For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
Hebrews 12:10 … For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.❤
