In God’s Economy, p. 31

“In God’s economy, nothing is wasted. through failure, we learn a lesson in humility which is probably needed, painful though it is.”

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We did not always come closer to wisdom by reason of our virtues; our better understanding is often rooted in the pains of our former follies.  Because this has been the Essence of our individual experience, it is also the essence of our experience as a fellowship.

1. Letter, 1942

2. Grapevine, November 1961