Jeremiah 15:18 Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuses to be healed? will you be altogether to me as a liar… Above all things let us learn this lesson from the example of Princess Alice — the quickening, purifying, bracing power of pain. In every trial that she had to undergo — and perhaps these trials were more than ordinarily severe and frequent — we see how her character developed and strengthened. To her each trial was as an April storm to a young plant or tree, lending new vigour to the roots, new power to its growth, so that when the sun shines the buds are seen to expand and blossom — those same buds which, without the rain cloud, would have shrivelled and died. Every time she was called upon to give up what she most deeply cherished, she counted, with faith and gratitude, the blessings that remained to her. "Thus do we learn humility," she said with quivering lip. "God has called for one life, and has given me back Parallel Verses KJV: Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as waters that fail? |
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