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Trials

If You Want to Blossom . . .

Every flower that ever blossomed had to go through a lot of dirt to get there. --Unknown


Imagining the Opposition

"There are always more of them (the enemy) until they are counted." --Ulysses S. Grant


God Sends Mercy During Trials

"Sometimes God sends His mercies in a black envelope." --Charles Spurgeon
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Never More Than You Can Handle

"I know God will not give me anything I can't handle.  I just wish that He didn't trust me so much." --Mother Teresa
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How Eyes Are Opened to Understand

"Were it not for tribulation, I would not understand the Scriptures." --Martin Luther
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Up To Your Neck In Alligators

"When you are up to your neck in alligators, it's hard to remember that your job is to clean the swamp." --Swamp Philosopher
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Hope Through Trials

No rut is so deep you can't leave it.
No dream is so lost you can't retrieve it.
No pain is so great you can't endure it.
No sin is so bad God can't cure it. --Gerald Mann


Cross Reference:

Going Through Dark the Dark Times

It Is Your Choice

Absence or Presence

Inner Calm

If You Want the Rainbow

Sing When Suffering


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