Quotes related to Romans 12:15
The first step in helping a suffering person (or in accepting our own pain) is to acknowledge that pain is valid, and worthy of a sympathetic response.
- Philip Yancey
Nothing else — no learned "how-to" program, no expensive gift — is worth more to the sufferer than the comfortable assurance of your physical presence.
- Philip Yancey
God weeps with us so that we may one day laugh with him.
- Philip Yancey
involvement with others was the most effective in quelling her pain.
- Philip Yancey
the same answer from suffering people: it matters little what we say — our concern and availability matter far more.
- Philip Yancey
the same answer from suffering people: it matters little what we say — our concern and availability matter far more. If we can offer a listening ear, that may be the most appreciated gift of all.
- Philip Yancey
Dr. Brand said, in a comment that has always stayed with me, "A healthy body attends to the pain of the weakest part.
- Philip Yancey
by embracing grief and standing beside the hurting person, we can indeed aid another's search for meaning.
- Philip Yancey
Where is God when it hurts? I have often asked. The answer is another question, Where is the church when it hurts?
- Philip Yancey
Perhaps the greatest way to give suffering people time is being patient with them — giving them room to doubt, cry, question and work out strong and often extreme emotions.
- Philip Yancey
Every hour or so she asks how I'm feeling, and I hear her giving reports on the phone to her friends. "He's doing better today. A little trouper, doesn't complain at all." I like hearing her talk about me, as if I matter.
- Philip Yancey
Wounded people who have been broken by suffering and sickness ask for only one thing: a heart that loves and commits itself to them, a heart full of hope for them.
- Philip Yancey