Trials, above all other things, have a tendency to distinguish true religion and false, and to cause the difference between them evidently to appear… True virtue never appears so lovely, as when it is most oppressed; and, the divine excellency of real Christianity is never exhibited with such advantage, as when under the greatest trials.

Jonathan Edwards, Treatise Concerning Religious Affections In Three Parts


I just finished the story of Joseph in Genesis. A couple of key lines from Joseph that stood out to me:

(1) “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction” (Gen. 41:52); and,

(2) “As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today. So do not fear; I will provide for you and your little ones.” (Gen. 50:20-21)

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