When God is going to do something wonderful, He or She always starts with a hardship; when God is going to do something amazing, He or She starts with an impossibility.

About This Quote

God is going to do something wonderful. God is going to do something amazing. In this quote, Nelson Mandela talks about how when God is going to do something, He or She always starts with a hardship. This hardship might be a difficult decision or a difficult situation.

However, it is not until there is hardship that God decides to do something amazing. If God had not made the option to make things difficult and move forward, there would be no amazing goodness and nothing good could come out of it.

Source: Plan B: Further Thoughts On Faith

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