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In George MacDonald's stories about Malcolm, he describes the difficult process of taming his stubborn and rebellious horse Kelpie.  Clementina sees Malcolms treatment of the horse as being extreme and severe.  Later, Malcolm used this to illustrate God's dealings in our lives:

     "My Lady... I fear you will never arrive at an understanding of God so long as you cannot bring yourself to see the good that often comes as a result of pain.  For there is nothing from the lowest, weakest tone of suffering to the loftiest acme of pain to which God does not respond.  There is nothing in all the universe which does not in some way vibrate within the heart of God.  No creature suffers alone;  He suffers with His creatures and through it is in the process of bringing His sons and daughters through the cleansing and glorifying fires, without which the created cannot be made the very children of God, partakers of the divine nature and peac

by BBFI Missionary to Zaire/Zambia Patrick Coleman written by an unknown Confederate soldier. It is, to the best of my knowledge, untitled.

I asked God for strength, that I might achieve:

I was made weak that I might obey.

I asked for health that I might do greater things:

I was given infirmity that I might do better things.

I asked for riches that I might be happy:

I was given poverty that I might be wise.

I asked for power that I might have the praise of men:

I was given weakness that I might feel the need of God.

I asked for all things that I might enjoy life:

I was given life that I might enjoy all things.

I received nothing that I asked for, but all I had hoped for.

My prayer was answered, I am most richly blessed.

Warren W. Wiersbe writes in The Integrity Crisis:

 Will Rogers was known for his laughter, but he also knew how to weep. One day he was entertaining at the Milton H. Berry Institute in Los Angeles, a hospital that specialized in rehabilitating polio victims and people with broken backs and other extreme physical handicaps. Of course, Rogers had everybody laughing, even patients in really bad condition; but then he suddenly left the platform and went to the rest room. Milton Berry followed him to give him a towel; and when he opened the door, he saw Will Rogers leaning against the wall, sobbing like a child. He closed the door, and in a few minutes, Rogers appeared back on the platform, as jovial as before.

As a child, I suffered many things that I would consider to be injustices or abuse. My father died only nine months old, and I spent much of my early childhood alone while my mother worked. Later in my child hood, my mother married a man who was very abusive to me and to my mother, not only emotionally but physically Even so, I have never once felt myself to be a victim.

Rather, I choose to believe that I am a beloved child of God. God is up to something in my life that is ultimately for my good. He has a purpose in allowing bad things to happen, and his purpose extends not only to my life alone, but to the lives of others whom I may influence or help. -- Dr. Charles Standley

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