Quotes about Suffering
God can be found only in suffering and the cross.
— Martin Luther
For the Christian, every tragedy is ultimately a blessing, or God is a liar.
— RC Sproul
God measures out affliction to our need.
— St. John Chrysostom
Whoever does not know God hidden in suffering does not know God at all.
— Martin Luther
When we suffer, there will sometimes be mystery. Will there also be faith? Yes, if our attention is focused more on the cross, and on the God of the cross, than on the suffering itself.
— DA Carson
Lord, how Thou dost afflict Thy lovers!
— Teresa of Avila
If God is treated as God during suffering, then suffering can reveal and present him in all his greatness.
— Timothy Keller
Brokenness is the bow from which God launches the arrow of healing.
— Louie Giglio
True poverty does not come from God.
— Lyndon B. Johnson
God's grace doesn't always come in comfortable forms. But it's still grace, and it's still evidence that He loves us.
— Paul David Tripp
We are apt to believe in Providence so long as we have our own way; but if things go awry, then we think, if there is a God, he is in heaven, and not on earth.
— Henry Ward Beecher
Jesus makes the bitterest mouthful taste sweet.
— St. Therese of Lisieux