All Saints, 24 October: The youngest of 25 children and mother to 19, Susanna Wesley was a woman of powerful prayer, deep discipline, and wisdom. Educating her children in both scholastic and spiritual excellence was the driving motivation of her life. In order to fully prepare herself for the task at hand, her own spirituality was a priority. Her life was not easy: nine of her children died in childhood, two fires destroyed all she had, debt was a constant companion in spite of her thrift, her husband was absent more than present, and yet she wrote, ‘’Though man is born to trouble, yet I believe there is scarce a man to be found upon earth but, take the whole course of his life, hath more mercies than afflictions, and much more pleasure than pain. I am sure it has been so in my case. . . . And these very sufferings have, by the blessing of God, been of excellent use, and proved the most proper means of reclaiming me from a vain conversation; insomuch that I cannot say I had better have been without this affliction, this disease, this loss, want, contempt or reproach. All my sufferings, by the admirable management of Omnipotent Goodness, have concurred to promote my spiritual and eternal good. . . . Glory be to Thee, O Lord!” How do you act in the face of difficulties? path2prayer/article/1039/revival-and-holy-spirit/books-sermons/new-resources/famous-christians-books-and-sermons/susannah-wesley-mother-of-methodism/susannah-wesley-a-biography
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