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evil. I’ve seen seminary courses based on false presumptions.I write because I want people to love God this much. I wantpeople to see that Exodus 4:11—“Who has made man’s mouth?Who makes him mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I,the Lord?” Yes, it is God. I want people to remember and trainup the next generation. The works of God is also found inPsalm 78:7. The context there is, “Fathers train up so that weremember the works of God.”I need to fight discouragement. My wife has lost some ofher vitality because cancer has taken some of it away from her.There is no evidence of disease today, so we’re very happily lettingmom run the household.Disability and the Sovereign Goodness of GodPiper: And there are other children.Knight: Three boys and one girl total, yes. And so we’re a busy,active household.Piper: I think it’s probably obvious to listeners that the lessonsare plain. But let’s name one or two of them. A lesson for thosewho are clobbered by some kind of suffering in their lives forwhich they are baffled or even angry, and then a lesson for thosewho are walking through that.Knight: Well, for those who are watching it and want to dosomething, trust Jesus. Just simply trust Jesus. Several years afterGod gripped me, Gerrilyn just said, “We didn’t know whatwould happen with you. We didn’t have a clue. There was noevidences of faith or our having any impact at all in your life.All the prayers that we had—there was no evidence.” You haveto trust Jesus in those moments.And I’ve had times when people have said the wrong thing,39