Quotes about Suffering
The word of God teaches that Christians suffer in order that they might glorify God in their lives.
— Billy Graham
The godly have some good in them, therefore the devil afflicts them; and some evil in them, therefore God afflicts them.
— Thomas Watson
The best people often have terrible lives. Job is one example, and Jesus—the ultimate 'Job,' the only truly, fully innocent sufferer — is another.
— Timothy Keller
How could a good, all-powerful God allow suffering?
— Timothy Keller
I don't doubt that God can bring good out of tragedies, but the Bible is clear that God is not the author of evil!
— Tony Campolo
This is God's universal purpose for all Christian suffering: more contentment in God and less satisfaction in the world.
— John Piper
To choose suffering makes no sense at all; to choose God's will in the midst of our suffering makes all the sense in the world.
— Oswald Chambers
In the Christian faith, God really puts suffering front and center. He doesn't get squeamish about it.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
Whom God would use greatly He will hurt deeply.
— AW Tozer
We stood and watched as God abandoned us, and then we did the best we could.
— Alice Hoffman
God is always good and we are always loved... even when what He gives may appear ugly.
— Ann Voskamp
God can take anything that happens to us-even bad things-and use it to shape us and make us into a better, more Christlike person-if we let Him.
— Billy Graham