A little bit of a different post- but both these subjects
have been on my mind. Sometimes it is easier to read or share what others have
written than figure out how to articulate what is happening in your own head
and heart.
“The readiest way to escape from our sufferings is, to be willing they should endure as long as God pleases.” John Wesley
“God had one Son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering.” Augustine
“When you and I hurt deeply, what we really need is not an explanation from God but a revelation of God. We need to see how great God is; we need to recover our lost perspective on life., Things get out of proportion when we are suffering, and it takes a vision of something bigger than ourselves to get life's dimensions adjusted again.” Warren Wiersbe
“Suffering in the path of Christian obedience, with joy - because the steadfast love of the Lord is better than life (Psalm 63:3) - is the clearest display of the worth of God in our lives. Therefore, faith-filled suffering is essential in this world for the most intense, authentic worship. When we are most satisfied with God in suffering, he will be most glorified in us in worship.” John Piper
“We can ignore even pleasure. But pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: it is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world.” C.S. Lewis
“What God gives us is not necessarily "ours" but only ours to offer back to him, ours to relinquish, ours to lose, ours to let go of, if we want to be our true selves. Many deaths must go into reaching our maturity in Christ, many letting goes.” Elisabeth Elliot
Photo Reference: The Library of Congress. Russian Service in
Suwalki Hospital [between 1914 and ca. 1915].
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