 That which thou dost not understand when thou readest, thou shalt understand in the day of thy visitation; for many secrets of religion are not perceived till they be felt, and are not felt but in the day of calamity. Author: Jeremy Taylor |
| It is seldom that God sends such calamities upon man as men bring upon themselves and suffer willingly. Author: Jeremy Taylor |
| I know my own soul, how feeble and puny it is: I know the magnitude of this ministry, and the great difficulty of the work; for more stormy billows vex the soul of the priest than the gales which disturb the sea. Author: John Chrysostom |
| If there were no tribulation, there would be no rest; if there were no winter, there would be no summer. Author: John Chrysostom |
| Where do you run for help? When you are in trouble, what is your first instinct? Do you run to others or to God? Is it usually the counsel of another rather than the counsel found in waiting upon God in prayer? Why is this the way it is? Why do we run to man before we run to God? Author: Kay Arthur |
| Snuggle in God's arms. When you are hurting, when you feel lonely, left out. let Him cradle you, comfort you, reassure you of His all-sufficient power and love. Author: Kay Arthur |
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| The disappointment has come - not because God desires to hurt you or make you miserable or to demoralize you or ruin your life or keep you from ever knowing happiness. He wants you to be perfect and complete in every aspect, lacking nothing. It's not the easy times that make you more like Jesus, but the hard times. Author: Kay Arthur |
| The person who bears and suffers evils with meekness and silence, is the sum of a Christian man. Author: John Wesley |
| The readiest way to escape from our sufferings is, to be willing they should endure as long as God pleases. Author: John Wesley |
| That execrable sum of all villainies commonly called the slave-trade. Author: John Wesley |
| Whomever the Lord has adopted and deemed worthy of His fellowship ought to prepare themselves for a hard, toilsome, and unquiet life, crammed with very many and various kinds of evil. Author: John Calvin |
| Thou, Lord, bruisest me, but I am abundantly satisfied, since it is from Thy hand. Author: John Calvin |
