Today's Favorite Verse: Job 23:10

Today's Favorite Verse: Job 23:10

"But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold."

I have to say there is some peace in knowing that the trials I go through are what's needed to refine me. I see the purpose in being made to enduring to the end. For that endurance can only come by turning to and relying on the Lord. I have also learned that patience is a godly attribute and to be embraced.

"Today other biographies of faith are being written—Saints who, like Job, suffer physical pain, emotional sorrow, and even disloyalty from friends—yet remain faithful; Saints who, like Jacob, see sons and daughters not so valiant as they should be, but who bless them for their potential; Saints who, like Paul, endure great ridicule and endure to the end; Saints who, like Nephi, must separate themselves from family because of their commitment to the gospel. There are those who know pain and sorrow because of loss of loved ones; who know spiritual sorrow because children go astray; who experience loss of health, financial reverses, and emotional distress, and yet, like Job, resolve, “When he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold”  

(Howard W. Hunter, "God Will Have a Tried People". Apr 1980, General Conference) "The refiner's fire is real, and qualities of character and righteousness that are forged in the furnace of affliction perfect and purify us and prepare us to meet God." (Elder Quentin L. Cook, "The Songs They Could Not Sing", Oct 11, General Conference )

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