Our vision is so limited we can hardly imagine a love that does not show itself in protection from suffering … The love of God did not protect His own Son… He will not necessarily protect us – not from anything it takes to make us like His Son. A lot of hammering and chiseling and purifying by fire will have to go into the process.
– Elisabeth Elliot –
Heaven will make amends for all!
– Thomas Watson –
Our mercies far outweigh our afflictions. For one affliction—we have a thousand mercies! The sea of God’s mercy swallows up our few drops of affliction!
– Thomas Watson –
For a hundred that can bear adversity, there is hardly one that can bear prosperity.
– Thomas Carlyle –
Comfort and prosperity have never enriched the world as much as adversity has.
– Billy Graham –
If a Christian is not having tribulation in the world, there’s something wrong!
– Leonard Ravenhill –
We can stand affliction better than we can prosperity, for in prosperity we forget God.
– Dwight L. Moody –
If your life is broken, it may be because pieces will feed a multitude.
– Elisabeth Elliot –
If you ask yourself, “Who are the people who have most profoundly influenced my life?” you will probably find that every one of them has suffered in some way.
– Elisabeth Elliot –