"We were promised suffering. It was part of the plan. We were even told, "Blessed are those who weep." I accept that. What I encountered wasn't unexpected. However, when it actually happens to you, not someone else, and is real, not imagined, it makes a world of difference."
— C.S. Lewis
Source: A Grief Observed
Pain, Blessing
Views: 435
"You will never treasure forgiveness unless you repent, and you will never know the deepest taste of repentance unless you know you are forgiven."
— Charles H. Spurgeon
Source: Repentance Must Be Accompanied by Forgiveness
Forgiveness, Repentance
Views: 393
"He knew that he was as weak and helpless as God had declared him to be; yet, paradoxically, he knew that he was more valuable in God's sight than the angels. He had nothing in himself, but everything in God."
— A.W. Tozer
Source: 《The Pursuit of God》
Weakness, Value
Views: 467
"Goodness said to him, 'Bear your burden contentedly until you reach the place of deliverance; there your burden will fall from your back of its own accord.'"
— John Bunyan
Source: The Pilgrim's Progress
Burden, Release
Views: 470
"Trials come to humble us. They come to remind us not to think more confidently of our spiritual strength than we should."
— John MacArthur
Source: "The Purpose of Trials" (sermon)
Trial, Humility, Confidence
Views: 434
"Our mission is to love others without stopping to ask whether they are worthy; this love itself makes both us and our neighbors worthy. Because love is our true destiny, we cannot find the meaning of life alone, but only in fellowship with others."
— Thomas Merton
Source: Letter to Dorothy Day (in The Hidden Ground of Love); Love and Living