“After much weakness and sickness when by spirits were worn out,
and many times my faith weak likewise, the Lord was pleased to uphold my
drooping heart, and manifest His love to me, and this is that which stays my
soul: that this condition that I am in
is best for me. For God does not afflict willingly, nor take
delight in grieving the children of men.
He has no benefit in my adversity nor is He better for my prosperity,
but He does it for my advantage, and that I may be the gainer by it.
And He knows that weakness and frail body is the best to make me
a vessel for His use, why should I not bear it not only willingly but joyfully?”
~ Anne Bradstreet (
an excerpt from her journal)
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