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Out of its bitterness will come sweet fruit!
Our "thorn" may either be a blessing to us — or it may do us irreparable harm — depending on our attitude towards it.
If we allow our thorn to fret us;
if we chafe, resist, and complain about it;
if we despond and lose heart
— then it will spoil our life.
But if we accept it in the faith that . . .
in its ugly burden, it has a blessing for us;
if we endure it patiently, submissively, unmurmuringly;
if we seek grace to keep our heart gentle and true amid all the trial, temptation, and suffering it causes —
then it will work good, and out of its bitterness will come sweet fruit!
We should so relate ourselves to "our thorn" that growth and good, not harm and marring — shall come to us from it.
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