Oswald Chambers Quotes

God's will is hard only when it comes up against our stubbornness, then it is as cruel as a ploughshare and as devastating as an earthquake.

Oswald Chambers

• God
• Will
• God's Will
• Stubbornness

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  • Will
  • God's Will