No doubt, you have heard the state– ment  “trials can make us better or bitter.” The last “Pulpit Helps” has a story about two famous men in English literature. Both men were lame. Lord Byron was embittered by his handicap and turned his anger against God. Sir William Scott never complained or spoke harshly about his disability. The article said, “His writings are touched with an optimism and a largeness of soul which were a reflection of the man. In the circumstances, it is not surprising that Byron should have written a letter to Scott in which he said: ‘I would give my fame to have your happiness.’”

The writer of Hebrews said: “My son, do not despise the chastening of the Lord, nor be discouraged when you are rebuked by Him; For whom the Lord loves He chastens, And scourges every son whom He receives...Afterward it yields peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.”