Quotemeal: Aug. 16th, 2011

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

"The chief pang of most trials is not so much the actual suffering itself as our own spirit of resistance to it."
— Jean Nicolas Grou

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"There are three things that only God knows: the beginning of things, the cause of things and the end of things."
— Welsh Proverb —
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— Henry Ward Beecher —
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— Larry Eisenberg —
"Trials are not enemies of faith but are opportunities to prove God's faithfulness."
— Author Unknown —

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Illustration of Jean Nicolas Grou — "The chief pang of most trials is not so much the actual suffering itself as our own spirit of resistance to it."

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Quotemeal is a daily dose of Christian quotes to inspire and encourage.

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