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We say, sorrow, disaster, calamity. God says, chastening and it sounds sweet to him though it is a discord to our ears. Don't faint when you are rebuked, and don't despise the chastening of the Lord. In your patience possess your souls.

Oswald Chambers

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Oswald Chambers
Age: 43 †
Born: 1874
Born: July 24
Died: 1917
Died: November 15
Author
Theologian
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Aiberdeen
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Disaster
Chastening
Lord
Patience
Rebuked
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Discord
Sound
Souls
Faint
Soul
God
Calamity
Ears
Despise
Sorrow
Possess
Sweet
Adversity

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