Afflictions do not spring from the soil, nor do troubles sprout from the ground. Sorrow cannot come until God bids it.
Until God in His sovereignty permits – health cannot fade, wealth cannot vanish, comfort cannot decay, friendship cannot chill, and loved ones cannot die.
Your time of sorrow–is His appointment. The bitter cup which it may please the Lord that you shall drink, will not be mixed by human hands!
Dear child of God, your afflictions, your trials, your crosses, your losses, your sorrows – all are in your heavenly Father’s hand, and they cannot come until sent by Him!
Paul said he "gloried in his tribulations" – do you?……. (Rom 5: 3)
Octavius Winslow (1808-1878)
Preacher/Baptist Minister
Changi Chapel 
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