August 1
Believer Forewarned of Sorrow
Scripture
KJV
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
ESV
I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”
John 16:33
Poem
The path of sorrow, and that path alone,
Leads to the land where sorrow is unknown.
No traveller e'er reached that blest abode,
Who found not thorns and briers in his road.