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Affliction, A Good Thing?

My friends, foes and family, I am excited today, I am alive!  It is the twenty-second day of the eighth month in the year R&R(ReCover&ReStore).  So much comes to mind when I think about  A Good Thing .  It is usually those things that are so obvious, the sunshine, the beautiful flowers, wealth, prosperity, etc.  But, while exploring  the Word, I discovered that Affliction can also be categorized as A Good Thing .  REALLY...?REALLY.  While reading in the book of Psalms David expressed that Affliction brought him to a better place of reverence for the law of God.  A few verses later, David said that He was afflicted by the faithfulness of God.  Affliction is a condition of great distress, pain, grief or suffering.  It could also be a trial to test patience or endurance.  I pondered in my mind the words of the King, It is Good for Me that I have been Afflicted , so that I might learn thy statutes.  Troub...