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We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers,
\nabout the hardships we suffered in the province
\nof Asia. We were under great pressure, far beyond
\nour ability to endure,so that we despaired even
\nof life. Indeed, in our hearts we felt the sentence
\nof death. But this happened that we might not rely on
\nourselves but on God, who raises the dead.<\/p>\n
2 Corinthians 1:8,9<\/p>\n
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The pressure of hard places makes us value life. Every time our life
\nis given back to us from such a trial, it is like a new beginning,
\nand we learn better how much it is worth, and make more of it for God
\nand man. The pressure helps us to understand the trials of others, and
\nfits us to help and sympathize with them…<\/p>\n
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Trials and hard places are needed to press us forward, even as the furnace
\nfires in the hold of that mighty ship give force that moves the piston,drives
\nthe engine, and propels that great vessel across the sea in the face of
\nthe winds and waves.<\/p>\n
-A.B. Simpson (1843-1919)<\/p>\n
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“Out of the presses of pain, <\/em> Streams in the Desert Volume One – May 18<\/p>\n by Mrs. Charles E. Cowman<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about the hardships we suffered in the province of Asia. We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure,so that we despaired even of life. Indeed, in our hearts we felt the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on… <\/p>\n
\nCometh the soul’s best wine; <\/em>
\nAnd the eyes that <\/em>
\nhave shed no rain,<\/em>
\nCan shed but little shine.”<\/em><\/p>\n