If the darkness a man be under be such, that there are some openings of light withal, then it is the darkness of a cloud, and not of the night...Now thus it is always with the people of God. They never are in any affliction, temptation or desertion, but before their great deliverance comes, they have some special providence, some reviving in the midst of their trouble, some interim of light, some openings of the cloud; and therefore, in the midst of all, they may say, Surely this my darkness is not the darkness of the night, but of a cloud. I say, there is no discouragement befalls the saints, but the matter thereof is a cloud, and they may say, It is but a cloud, it will pass over.
Thomas Watson, as quoted in "A Puritan Golden Treasury" by IDE Thomas
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If this was on FB I'd 'like' it. Thanks for posting it, dude.
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