If I had not felt certain that every additional trial was ordered by infinite love and mercy, I could not have survived my accumulated sufferings (Adoniram Judson).
From How Few There Are Who Die So Hard: The Cost of Bringing Christ to Burma.
I dare say the greatest earthly blessing that God can give to any of us is health, with the exception of sickness (Charles Haddon Spurgeon).
It would be a very sharp and trying experience to me to think that I have an affliction which God never sent me, that the bitter cup was never filled by his hand (Spurgeon).
Swine flu is a direct result of Adam’s sin, but we are not under the curse of Adam’s sin. We are not under the curse of our sin. For those who love Jesus, he was cursed for us.
No one can be double cursed. If Jesus was cursed for our sin, no curse remains. God cannot punish the same sin twice.
Christians will get swine flu and AIDS and cancer, malaria, Alzheimer’s, pneumonia, gout, and every other disease under the sun. But for those who do it is no curse but a blessing. So don’t be afraid. Nothing can happen to us apart from God’s loving, fatherly hand.
