We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about the hardships we suffered in the province of Asia. We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life. Indeed, in our hearts we felt the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead.When I read this passage, I have two thoughts. One is that it's really good to rely on God rather than ourselves. Don't the proverbs say, He who trusts in himself is a fool?2 Corinthians 1.8-9
O let me never neverMany have quit over the years -- starting at least in John 6, as Dr. Dan writes on his site http://journeywithjesus.net/
Outlive my love for theefrom O Sacred Head, now Wounded