Affliction Quote by Richard Cecil

“God's way of answering the Christian's prayer for more patience, experience, hope and love often is to put him into the furnace of affliction.” quote by Richard Cecil — Download Open image

“God's way of answering the Christian's prayer for more patience, experience, hope and love often is to put him into the furnace of affliction.”

Richard Cecil

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Come, then, affliction, if my Father wills, and be my frowning friend. A friend that frowns is better than a smiling enemy.

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