Trials, Profit of – Charles Spurgeon

TRIBULATIONS are treasures; and if we were wise, we should reckon our afflictions among our rarest jewels. The caverns of sorrow are mines of diamonds. Our earthly possessions may be silver, but temporal trials are, to the saints, invariably gold. We may grow in grace through what we enjoy, but we probably make the greatest progress through what we suffer. Soft gales may be pleasant for heaven-bound vessels, but rough winds are better. The calm is our way, but God has his way in the whirlwind, and he rides on the wings of the wind. Saints gain more by their losses than by their profits. Health comes out of their sicknesses, and wealth flows out of their poverties.