Sickness, its trials and blessings.

  • Maurice, Priscilla, 1810-
Date:
1859
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Credit: Sickness, its trials and blessings. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    storm. For though now you see not'the bright hght that there is in the clouds, yet the wind passeth over and cleanseth themIt will be to you as the clear shining after rain And what if the rain must come first? Fear not, the water-floods shall not drown you, for the Lord will be with you. You have often tried to think of the blessings of sickness apart from its trials. This cannot truly be done, because the blessings so much arise out of, or are connected with, the trials. You often think that the pain in itself would not be hard to bear; that the trial of it is, its interference, as you think, with your duties, and with the comforts of others. You may be sure that it does not interfere with your duties. What God calletli you to, that He gives you strength to meet. Not that you have the strength previously, or in yourself; but that if He calls you to any work. He gives the mea- sure of strength required at the time, and for that thing. However it may seem to interfere with the actual comfort of other people, yet they need the trial of your sickness as much as you do; and it will, in its measure, be as truly a blessing to them as to you. Leave all this to God; trust also in Him, and He will bring it to pass » Job xxxvii. 21. » 2 Sam. xxiii. 4. ' Ps. xxxvii. 5.
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