August 23
Benefits of Affliction—Holiness
Scripture
KJV
Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
ESV
For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
Hebrews 12:11
Poem
Our hearts are fastened to this world
By strong and endless ties;
But every sorrow cuts a string,
And urges us to rise.