Sometimes, it’ll come up in conversation among family. We’ll repeat it. We’ll remember it. In every prayer we ever heard Daddy utter publicly — either in church, at a family gathering, or as he blessed the food — he’d always say, “Dear Lord, we thank you for the trials and tribulations of this life, knowing they bring us closer to thy Almighty hand.”
Ronda Rich: The blessings of trials and tribulations
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