Blessings And Chastisement

Μακάριος δὲ ἄνθρωπος ὄν ἢλεγξεν ὁ Κύριος· νουθέτημα δὲ Παντοκράτορος μὴ ἀπαναίνου. Αὐτὸς γὰρ ἀλγεῖν ποιεῖ, καὶ πάλιν ἀποκαθίστησιν· ἔπαισε, καὶ αἱ χεῖρες αὐτοῦ ἰάσαντο. Ἐλέγχει Θεὸς, καὶ τὴν τῆς μάστιγος ἐπάγει νουθεσίαν, οὐχ ἵνα ἀπολέσῃ, ἀλλ' ἵνα σώσῃ τὸν παιδευόμενον· καὶ σὺ τοίνυν μὴ καθυφεὶς τοῦ φρονήματος, μετ' εὐχαριστίας δέχου τὸν ἔλεγχον Δυδύμος του Ἀλεξανδρέως, Ἐκλογαι Εἰς Τον Ιὠβ, Κεφ Δ' Migne PG 39 1113

Blessed the man whom the Lord reproves; an admonishment of the Lord is not rejection. For He causes pain and again He restores, He strikes and His hands heal. 1  God refutes and applies the whip of admonishment, not that He destroy, but that He improve the one whom He corrects. And so do not lose heart, but with thanks accept your refutation. Didymus the Blind, On Job, fragment  1 Job 4.17