“Sharp afflictions are to the soul as a soaking rain to the house. We know not that there are such holes in the roof, till the shower comes, and then we see it drop down here and there.  Perhaps we did not know that there were such unmortified cuts in our soul, till the storm of afflictions came, then we found unbelief, impatience and carnal fear dropping down in many places.” – Dr. Watson writes in an old book written in 1696

(Taken from Bread for Each Day- H. G. Bosch)

United Maori Prayer Bulletin October 2010