>>16744287“Our pain and longings make sure we will never be content, but that’s good; it is to our benefit that we do not grow comfortable in a world destined for decay.”
— Joni E. Tada
“God deliberately chooses weak, suffering, and unlikely candidates to get His work done, so that in the end, the glory goes to God and not the person.”
— Joni E. Tada
“When I understand that everything happening to me is to make me more Christlike, it resolves a great deal of anxiety.”
— A.W. Tozer
“A true saint carries Christ in his heart and the cross on his shoulders. “All that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.” Christ and His cross are never parted. It is too much for a Christian to have two heavens, one here and another hereafter.”
— Thomas Watson
“Afflictions add to the saints’ glory. The more the diamond is cut, the more it sparkles; the heavier the saints’ cross is, the heavier will be their crown.”
— Thomas Watson
“Many pray ‘Let this cup pass away,’ but few, ‘Thy will be done.'”
— Thomas Watson
“The sharp frosts of affliction bring on the spring flowers of grace.”
— Thomas Watson
