The
sorest afflictions never appear intolerable, but when we see them in the wrong
light: when we see them in the hand of God, Who dispenses them; when we know
that it is our loving Father who abases and distresses us; our sufferings will
lose their bitterness and become even a matter of consolation. - Brother
Lawrence
The secret formula of the saints: When I am in the cellar of
affliction, I look
for the Lord's choicest wines. - Samuel Rutherford
Look
how fears have presented themselves, so have supports and encouragements; yea,
when I have started, even as it were at nothing else but my shadow, yet God, as
being very tender of me, hath not suffered me to be molested, but would with one
Scripture or another, strengthen me against all; insomuch that I have often
said, Were it lawful, I could pray for greater trouble, for the greater
comfort's sake. - John Bunyan
Afflictions are light when compared with what we really deserve. They are light
when compared with the sufferings of the Lord Jesus. But perhaps their real
lightness is best seen by comparing them with the weight of
glory which is
awaiting us. - Arthur W. Pink
The
highest honor that God can confer upon his children is the blood-red crown of
martyrdom. The jewels of a Christian are his afflictions. The regalia of the
kings that God has made, are their troubles, their sorrows, and their griefs.
Griefs exalt us, and troubles lift us. - Charles Spurgeon
It
is the great support and solace of the saints in all the distresses that befall
them here, that there is a wise Spirit sitting in all the wheels of motion, and
governing the most eccentric creatures and their most pernicious designs to
blessed and happy issues. - John Flavel
God never promises to remove us from our struggles. He does promise,
however, to change the way we look at them. - Max Lucado
The
sorest afflictions never appear intolerable, but when we see them in the wrong
light: when we see them in the hand of God, Who dispenses them; when we know
that it is our loving Father who abases and distresses us; our sufferings will
lose their bitterness and become even a matter of consolation. - Brother
Lawrence
The secret formula of the saints: When I am in the cellar of
affliction, I look
for the Lord's choicest wines. - Samuel Rutherford
Look
how fears have presented themselves, so have supports and encouragements; yea,
when I have started, even as it were at nothing else but my shadow, yet God, as
being very tender of me, hath not suffered me to be molested, but would with one
Scripture or another, strengthen me against all; insomuch that I have often
said, Were it lawful, I could pray for greater trouble, for the greater
comfort's sake. - John Bunyan
Afflictions are light when compared with what we really deserve. They are light
when compared with the sufferings of the Lord Jesus. But perhaps their real
lightness is best seen by comparing them with the weight of
glory which is
awaiting us. - Arthur W. Pink
The
highest honor that God can confer upon his children is the blood-red crown of
martyrdom. The jewels of a Christian are his afflictions. The regalia of the
kings that God has made, are their troubles, their sorrows, and their griefs.
Griefs exalt us, and troubles lift us. - Charles Spurgeon
It
is the great support and solace of the saints in all the distresses that befall
them here, that there is a wise Spirit sitting in all the wheels of motion, and
governing the most eccentric creatures and their most pernicious designs to
blessed and happy issues. - John Flavel
God never promises to remove us from our struggles. He does promise,
however, to change the way we look at them. - Max Lucado