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The Blessing of Pain

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  by Soli Deo Gloria My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. James 1:2-4 (KJV) Everyone pefers to deal with someone with a vision. We can comfortably deal with people when we believe they know where they are going. Many successful people  stand on the passage " Where there is no vision the people perish " ( Proverbs 29:18 ) And this is perfectly correct when the vision belongs to you. What do you do when God has a vision for his people, and has chossen you as the vessel by which the vision will be fullfilled? Sometimes God comforts [1]  with the blessing of pain to ignite a desire in us to fullfill the vision he has for his people. God knows that without motivation, many of us would never fulfill the purposes for which God created us. Sometimes this comforting come in t...