RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE WEAK

One time we were having a watch night service in one church I pastored. People would stay until after midnight and watch the New Year in. We didn't have any special speaker, and people were testifying about what different ones in the church meant to them.

I said, "I want to thank God for Sister So-and-so." Everybody looked at me, because Sister So-and-so was a gossip. She was a trouble-maker and was always sticking her nose in everybody else's business. She caused everybody, including me, more problems and trouble than anyone else in the church. So I said, "I want to thank God for Sister So-and-so. She's been the greatest blessing to me of anybody in this church. She's kept me on my knees almost continually. I wouldn't have prayed nearly as much if it hadn't been for her." Knowing her helped me! I suffered with her, but it matured me.
(Kenneth Hagin)