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Today this phrase stood out to me: “One stinging sorrow spared would have been one blessing missing or unclaimed”.

David says this phrase in 1 Samuel 17, as he tells Saul why he should let him fight Goliath. David was able to defend his sheep from a lion and a bear prior to his meeting with Goliath.

Prior to his meeting with Goliath. A key point highlighted in today’s Streams in the Desert devotion. Without the lion, David might not have been prepared for his meeting with Goliath. As the author says, “Every difficulty that presents itself to us, if we receive it in the right way, is God’s opportunity…When the “lion” comes, recognize it as God’s opportunity no matter how rough the exterior…May God open our eyes to see Him, whether in temptations, trials, dangers, or misfortunes.”

Amen.