Affliction is God's school in which holy virtues are acquired, and Christian character is formed.
[Hannah More]
Isaiah 48:10 ... Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
Psalm 119:71 ... It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
Hebrews 12:11 ... Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby. ❤
