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<p>&quot;When <strong>the storm</strong> has swept by, the wicked are gone;<br />
  but the righteous stand firm forever.&quot; Proverbs 10:25<br />
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  The very <strong>storms </strong>through which the believer passes, <br />
  will only strengthen him to take a firmer hold of Christ. <br />
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  As the same wind that blows down the shallow-rooted <br />
  tree, only establishes the deep-rooted tree—so the <br />
  same <strong>storms </strong>which uproot the 'shallow professor', <br />
  only establish the 'true believer' more firmly in Christ.<br />
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  Though <strong>these storms</strong> may shake off some of his 'leaves', <br />
  or break off some of the 'rotten boughs' at the end of the <br />
  branch, they do not uproot the believer's faith, but rather <br />
  strengthen it.     
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  <strong>It is in these storms</strong><strong> that he learns . . .</strong><br />
  more of his own weakness, and of Christ's strength;<br />
  more of his own misery, and of Christ's mercy;<br />
  more of his own sinfulness, and of super-abounding grace;<br />
  more of his own poverty, and of Christ's riches;<br />
  more of his own desert of hell, and of his own title to heaven. <br />
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  <strong>It is in these storms</strong> that the same blessed Spirit who<br />
  began the work carries it on; and goes on to engrave <br />
  the image of Christ in deeper characters upon his heart; <br />
  and to teach him more and more experimentally the <br />
  truth as it is in Jesus.<br />
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  &quot;Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy!<br />
  I look to You for protection.<br />
  I will hide beneath the shadow of Your wings<br />
  until <strong>this violent storm</strong> is past.&quot; Psalm 57:1