Trials

Affliction is good – Thomas Watson

Affliction is good – Thomas Watson

Afflictions work for good, as they conform us to Christ. His life was a series of sufferings—”a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief” Isaiah 53:3. He wept, and bled! Was His head crowned with thorns—and do we think to be crowned with roses? It is good to be like Christ—though it be by sufferings!

– Thomas Watson – 

Peace Amidst Trouble – Thomas Watson

Peace Amidst Trouble – Thomas Watson

If God be our God, He will give us peace in trouble. When there is storm without, He will make peace within. The world can create trouble in peace, but God can create peace in trouble.

– Thomas Watson –

Hold on and persevere – Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Hold on and persevere – Dietrich Bonhoeffer

The messengers of Jesus will be hated to the end of time. They will be blamed for all the division which rend cities and homes. Jesus and his disciples will be condemned on all sides for undermining family life, and for leading the nation astray; they will be called crazy fanatics and disturbers of the peace. The disciples will be sorely tempted to desert their Lord. But the end is also near, and they must hold on and persevere until it comes. Only he will be blessed who remains loyal to Jesus and his word until the end.

– Dietrich Bonhoeffer –

I wouldn’t be anywhere else – Gladys Aylward

I wouldn’t be anywhere else – Gladys Aylward

Life is pitiful, death so familiar, suffering and pain so common, yet I would not be anywhere else. Do not wish me out of this or in any way seek to get me out, for I will not be got out while  this trial is on. These are my people, God has given them to me, and I will live or die with them for Him and His glory.

– Gladys Aylward –