Trials teach us what we are; they dig up the soil, and let us see what we are made of.
– Charles Spurgeon –
Hardship
God has armed you – CS Lewis
God, who foresaw your tribulation, has specially armed you to go through it, not without pain, but without stain.
– CS Lewis –
Take the Hardest Thing in Your Life – Lilias Trotter
Take the very hardest thing in your life — the place of difficulty, outward or inward, and expect God to triumph gloriously in that very spot. Just there He can bring your soul into blossom.
– Lilias Trotter –
How to carry burdens – One of the ladies of the Scottish Covenant
With God, the most of mosts is lighter than nothing, and without Him the least of leasts is heavier than any burden.
– One of the ladies of the Scottish Covenant –
Choosing Difficulty – John Bunyan
You have chosen the roughest road, but it leads straight to the hill-tops.
– John Bunyan –
Suffering for Christ – Francis Xavier
Yet more, Oh my God, more toil, more agony, more suffering for Thee.
– Francis Xavier –
Truly Trusting the Lord – Hannah Whitall Smith
You find no difficulty in trusting the Lord with the management of the universe and all the outward creation, and can your case be any more difficult than these, that you need to be anxious about His management of it?
– Hannah Whitall Smith –
God has Girded You for Difficulty – Horace Bushnell
Take your burdens, and troubles, and losses, and wrongs, if come they must and will, as your opportunities, knowing that God has girded you for greater things than these.
– Horace Bushnell –
How to experience the impossible – Eric Ludy
It is our job to obey. It is God’s job to do the impossible.
– Eric Ludy –