Everyone would agree that it would be most difficult to pluck turnips from a pear tree! Like produces like, as a general rule; and we could reason, therefore, that evil cannot be the product of good.
Sometimes we have an experience that seems hard and unpleasant, but later we realize that through it so much error was uncovered and destroyed, and so much Truth seen, that it was actually a blessing.
It was with a feeling of excitement and no little apprehension that I, as a young boy new to the ways of the sea, climbed aboard the old oceangoing trader lying in Glasgow Docks and reported to the officer on watch.
Disasters such as hurricanes, tornadoes, tidal waves, and earthquakes devastate areas around the globe in spite of the use of sophisticated surveillance devices to detect impending dangers, and precautionary measures such as early evacuation.
Those of us who have been blessed by the Christ, Truth— healed and redeemed by it—have one overriding desire: to share the saving Christ message with all mankind.