Able to overcome

Able to overcome life's difficulties

"Our fathers disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, that we may share in His holiness." Hebrews 12:10

God's aim for His redeemed children, is not to make things easy for us — but to make something of us — to help us grow strong — to transform us into Christlike character.

We need to keep this Divine principle in mind in our helping of others . It is usually easier to give relief, than it is to help another to grow strong.

Yet in many cases relief is the worst help we can give; the very best is inner help — that which makes one stronger, purer, truer, braver; that which makes one able to overcome life's difficulties .

"No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it." Hebrews 12:11

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