Despite the horror, we survivors were endowed with a will to survive. Or instinct. Or maybe it was faith.
Extraordinary afflictions are not always the punishment of extraordinary sins, but sometimes the trial of extraordinary graces.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible
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Extraordinary afflictions are not always the punishment of extraordinary sins, but sometimes the trial of extraordinary graces.
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