Some of the best things in life are the result of being wounded or hurt. Wheat must be crushed before becoming bread, and incense must be burned before its fragrance is set free. The earth must be broken with a sharp plow before being ready to receive the seed. And it is a broken heart that pleases God.
If you aspire to be a person of consolation, if you want to share the priestly gift of sympathy, if you desire to go beyond giving commonplace comfort to a heart that is tempted, and if you long to go through the daily exchanges of life with the kind of tact that never inflicts pain, then you must be prepared to pay the price for a costly education ~ for like Christ, you must suffer.
Streams in the Desert.
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