Christian - forgiven - grateful

Welcome. My name is Richard Templin Hancock and I’m here to encourage you to have faith in Jesus Christ and follow Him daily. I'm glad you're here—let's walk this path together.
I hope these blog posts will be a source of encouragement to you as you walk with Jesus:

Afflictions from God

Psalm 119
71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.

Psalm 119
67 Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.

Psalm 94
12 Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law;

Hebrews 12
10 For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, thatwe might be partakers of his holiness.
11 Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.

I don't know about you but I learn a lot about God and His ways through my failures. Thank God that failures for God's children are stepping stones to growing spiritually.