Tag Archives: Suffering
What Happens When We Are Broken
Until we are broken, our life will be self-centered, self-reliant; our strength will be our own. So long as you think you are really something in and of yourself, what will you need God for? I don’t trust a man who hasn’t suffered.
Problems Are Servants
Affliction is a servant, then, preparing for us a weight of glory … accumulating for us a weight of glory.
The Rod of God
God’s rod is a pencil to draw Christ’s image more distinctly upon us.
One Touch of Christ
One touch of Christ is worth a lifetime of struggling.
The Banner of Love
Glorify the Lord in your sufferings, and take His banner of love, and spread it over you. Others will follow you, if they see you strong in the Lord; their courage shall take life from your Christian carriage.
Comparing Our Sufferings Rightly
Afflictions are light when compared with what we really deserve. They are light when compared with the sufferings of the Lord Jesus. But perhaps their real lightness is best seen by comparing them with the weight of glory which is awaiting us.
Growth in Character
Growth in character occurs to the degree that we accept being forgiven as greater than life itself. If the gift is not what I see but how I am seen by God, then my gratitude knows no limits. It can grow immeasurably as I suffer through the loss of illusions, the death of dreams, and the shattering of success.
The Benefit of Running from Problems
The benefit of running [from our problems] is that it magnifies our inability to escape ourselves. Run to the ends of the earth — the same internal war and the same battle with God remain. The only change is that now the warfare has taken on new geography.
Infinitely Worthy of Your Love
He suffered not from his Father for his faults, but ours; and he suffered from men not for his faults but for those things on account of which he was infinitely worthy of their love and honor.
Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) in The Excellency of Christ
Life Is Worship 