PERSISTENCE
PAYS OFF
One of the most consoling and intriguing
statements that St. Augustine made is, "God would rather draw good from
evil than not permit evil in the first place." There are times when we
have undergone suffering and misfortune but were relieved when it didn't turn
out to be the catastrophe we had feared. From time to time something good may
even come out of it. We capture this experience in this bit of wisdom,
"Every cloud has a silver lining."