“Everything about which we are tempted to complain may be the very instrument whereby the Potter intends to shape His clay into the image of His Son – a headache, an insult, a long line at the check-out, someone’s rudeness or failure to say thank you, misunderstanding, disappointment, interruption.”

Elizabeth Elliot, “Humdudgeon or Contentment?”, in Refresh my Heart: Meditations for Women