| TRIALS - Temporary Nature | 試煉 - 短暫本質 |
| When God's hand is on thy back, let thy hand be on
thy mouth, for though the affliction be sharp it shall be but short. Thomas Brooks 當上帝的手臨到你的背上，讓你的手放在嘴上，因為這苦難雖厲害卻甚短暫。 |
| Though your life be evil
with troubles, yet it is short - a few steps and we are out of the rain. William Gurnall 雖然你的生命遭遇苦難折磨，但卻是至暫至輕的 - 只要幾步路就能避開雨水。 |
| How soon you will find that everything in your
history, except sin, has been for you. Every wave of trouble has been wafting you to
the sunny shores of a sinless eternity. Robert Murray M'Cheyne 除了罪以外，你會發現生命中的每件事情都是稍縱即逝的。每一波苦難的波浪都使你飄向無罪永生的黃金海岸。 |
| It was well worth standing a
while in the fire, for such an opportunity of experiencing and exhibiting the power and
faithfulness of God's promises. John Newton 在火中逗留片刻是值得的，因為那是經歷、展示上帝應許的能力與信實的良機。 |
| No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no
glory; no cross, no crown. William Penn 沒有痛楚、沒有勝利；沒有荊棘、沒有寶座；沒有痛苦、沒有榮耀；沒有十架、沒有冠冕。 |
| God does not mock his
children with a night that has no ending; and to every man who stands resolute while the
darkness lasts there comes at length the vindication of faith and the breaking of the day. James S. Stewart 上帝不會以沒有盡頭的黑夜來嘲弄祂的兒女；對那堅定站在黑暗中的人而言，信心的明辨及黎明一蹴可及。 |
| He that rides to be crowned will not think much of a
rainy day. John Trapp 那要接受加冕的不要太在乎雨天。 |
| Affliction may be lasting,
but it is not everlasting. Thomas Watson 苦難或許持久，但不會是永恆之久。 |
| No winter lasts forever, no spring skips its turn. Hal Borland 沒有永留不去的冬天，也無屆時不至的春天。 |