[b]‘Though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again.’[/b]Proverbs 24:16 NIV

On the night of 9 December 1914, Edison Industries was destroyed by fire. The loss exceeded a million dollars, along with the majority of Thomas Edison’s work. He was insured for far less because the buildings were constructed of concrete, which was thought to make a building fireproof. At sixty-seven years of age, the great inventor watched his life’s work go up in flames. The next morning after firefighters had finally brought the inferno under control, he surveyed his charred dreams and crushed hopes. As he looked at the scene, he said, ‘There is great value in disaster. All our mistakes are burned up. Thank God we can start anew.’

Three weeks after the fire, Edison produced one of his greatest inventions: Read the rest here: http://www.dailydevotionalsonline.com/index.php#thewordfortoday