{"id":30472,"date":"2018-07-25T12:05:33","date_gmt":"2018-07-25T11:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/?p=30472"},"modified":"2018-07-26T12:30:40","modified_gmt":"2018-07-26T11:30:40","slug":"all-the-hell-you-shall-ever-have","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/2018\/07\/all-the-hell-you-shall-ever-have\/","title":{"rendered":"All the Hell You Shall Ever Have!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>
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There is a little book called\u00a0\u201cThe Mute Christian Under the Smarting Rod.<\/a>\u201d written by\u00a0Thomas Brooks in the 1600s which speaks about how suffering can be seen in some senses as God\u2019s loving discipline for us. Of course it was written in an era, unlike ours<\/a>, of great suffering. I commend this little book to you which I have read this morning thanks to one of my readers recommending it in a comment on my Preparing for Unexpected Suffering<\/em><\/a> post.<\/p>\n

The book begins simply by quoting perhaps one of the most challenging verses in the Bible<\/strong> for those of us who are suffering to read. And yet, somehow we know that it is true:<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt is good for me that I have been afflicted\u2026\u201d<\/h2>\n

\u2014Psalm 119:71<\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Though the oyster is not grateful for the grain of sand irritating it<\/a>, a pearl is produced nonetheless. \u00a0And there is much treasure that is obtained only by walking the difficult path.<\/p>\n

I encourage you to read the whole short book<\/a>, but here are some extracts that I found helpful this morning:<\/h2>\n

Consider Christian, that all your<\/strong><\/p>\n