Headwinds

Headwinds . . .

. . . increase power to resist and develop strong characters. As Joseph was prepared by a pit and a prison for the premiership of Egypt. Jesus bid his disciples to aboard the boat in order to strengthen their dependence upon Him, Matt. 14:22. Silver spoons and soft raiment are not the regimen for heroes. Neither do smooth seas and gentle breezes make a sailor. A piping gale sharpens the eye of the look-out. The furnace of affliction is heated up for gold, not for the slag. It was the sunny days of prosperity that brought out the adders. Noah weathered the deluge of water nobly, but it was the deluge of wine that drowned him! Danger brings us to our knees, but tailwinds make us self-assured.