"The Lord has said, ‘I have chosen thee……" — Neal A. Maxwell

The Lord has said, ‘I have chosen thee in the furnace of… - Neal A. Maxwell

"The Lord has said, ‘I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.’ (Isaiah 48:10, 1 Nephi 20:10). He knows, being omniscient, how we will cope with affliction beforehand. But we do not know this. We need, therefore, the refining that God gives to us, though we do not seek or crave such tribulation."

— Neal A. Maxwell

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The pencil of the Holy Ghost hath labored more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon. — Francis Bacon
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As threshing separates the wheat from the chaff, so does affliction purify virtue. — Christian Nestell Bovee
Affliction's sons are brothers in distress; A brother to relieve, how exquisite the bliss! — Robert Burns
God's way of answering the Christian's prayer for more patience, experience, hope and love often is to put him into… — Richard Cecil
No man is more unhappy than the one who is never in adversity; the greatest affliction of life is never… — Victor Hugo
What I point out to you is only that you shouldn't allow yourselves to be confused by others. Act when… — Unknown Author
A characteristic of those who are still progressing in blessed mourning is temperance and silence of the lips; and of… — John Climacus
Quiet and sincere sympathy is often the most welcome and efficient consolation to the afflicted. Said a wise man to… — Tryon Edwards
In times of affliction we commonly meet with the sweetest experiences of the love of God. — John Bunyan
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