We can all identify with that sudden surge of panic that accompanies calamity. The mixture of surprise and disappointment, fear, and confusion converges upon our emotional frame instantaneously...inflicting an almost intolerable pressure within us. What anguish! Yet how necessary for growth! Adversity is the measure of our mettle...the true touchstone of our stamina. Like it was for Isaiah. And for Jeremiah. Let's take a look at one such situation that occurred more than 2,500 years ago.

Lamentations 4; Isaiah 43

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