V. Raymond Edman was the president of Wheaton College for a number of years, before his sudden death. In a small book called In Quietness and Confidence, Dr. Edman describes a desert experience of his own. Something painful happened to me. This is how I met it: I was quiet for a while with the Lord, and then I wrote these words for myself: First, He brought me here. It is by His will I am in this strait place: in that fact I will rest. Next, He will keep me here in His love, and give me grace as His child. Then, He will make the trial a blessing, teaching me the lessons He intends me to learn,
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