July 20
Tribulation a Source of Joy
Scripture
KJV
And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; And patience, experience; and experience, hope:
ESV
Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope.
Romans 5:3-4
Poem
Then let us wait th' appointed day,
Nor call this world our home;
To pilgrims in a foreign land,
Afflictions needs must come.
Who rule the world, o'errules their end,
They destined are for good;
And bear the saints to realms of rest,
Though mighty as a flood.