Where are the marks of the cross in your life? Are there any points of
identification with your Lord? Alas, too many Christians wear medals but carry
no scars. - Vance Havner
My dear brother, let God make of you what He will, He will end all with
consolation, and shall make glory out of your suffering. - Samuel Rutherford
Sufferings must be the Churches most ordinary lot, and Christians indeed must be
self-denying Cross-bearers, even where there are none but formal nominal
Christians to be the Cross-makers. - Richard Baxter
Truly it is a misery even to live upon the earth. The more spiritual a man
desires to be, the more bitter does his present life become to him; because he
sees more clearly and perceives more sensibly the defects of human corruption. -
Thomas a Kempis
Paul's sufferings complete Christ's afflictions not by adding anything to their
worth, but by extending them to the people they were meant to save. - John Piper
God knows our situation; He will not judge us as if we had no difficulties to
overcome. What matters is the sincerity and perseverance of our will to overcome
them. - C. S. Lewis
Where are the marks of the cross in your life? Are there any points of
identification with your Lord? Alas, too many Christians wear medals but carry
no scars. - Vance Havner
My dear brother, let God make of you what He will, He will end all with
consolation, and shall make glory out of your suffering. - Samuel Rutherford
Sufferings must be the Churches most ordinary lot, and Christians indeed must be
self-denying Cross-bearers, even where there are none but formal nominal
Christians to be the Cross-makers. - Richard Baxter
Truly it is a misery even to live upon the earth. The more spiritual a man
desires to be, the more bitter does his present life become to him; because he
sees more clearly and perceives more sensibly the defects of human corruption. -
Thomas a Kempis
Paul's sufferings complete Christ's afflictions not by adding anything to their
worth, but by extending them to the people they were meant to save. - John Piper
God knows our situation; He will not judge us as if we had no difficulties to
overcome. What matters is the sincerity and perseverance of our will to overcome
them. - C. S. Lewis