It’s Good to be Afflicted
Hi, I’m Joni Eareckson Tada. And when it comes to me handling a life of paralysis, a Scripture that has helped me is from Psalm 119 where it says, “It is good for me that I have been afflicted for it has caused me to learn of Thy statutes, O Lord.” A scripture like that is helpful? I should say so! According to Psalm 119 it is good for me to be afflicted. God’s primary purpose in allowing trials is to push me into the Word of God. And it doesn’t let up, because elsewhere in the Bible it says, “Many are the afflictions of the righteous.”
Oh friend, life is supposed to be hard; many will be your afflictions. But many will be the lessons God will engrave on your heart. So do not despise those hardships. Think of them as God thinks of them: as good. Because it is never, ever bad to be in the Word of God when you’re afflicted. I’m Joni Eareckson Tada.
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