Quotes about Suffering

It has been given to you on Christ's behalf not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for Him. Philippians 1:29

The goal of life is not the absence of pain. It's the presence of glory. God's glory. And sometimes that comes most vividly with pain. Not only have I learned that pain doesn't kill; I have learned that I will never lose or be betrayed by the one thing with absolute power to destroy me—God Himself.

How like Jesus to start stitching a heart back together even as the knife was tearing it apart.

I sank to the foundations of the mountains; the earth with its prison bars closed behind me forever! But You raised my life from the Pit. Jonah 2:6

Yes, Christ can bring fruit from His followers' incalculable suffering. But on this side of eternity, the point isn't making it worth it. It's about making it matter.

My goal is to know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings. Philippians 3:10

My Child, I knew every difficulty you would face in life. I suffered each one with you. I loved you and had a plan for your life before you were born. This plan has not changed, no matter what happened or what you have done.

I'd go so far as to say that the deeper we have loved God, the deeper the potential for devastation when He doesn't intervene as we know He can.

Patience to wait does not come from suffering long for what we lack but from sitting long in what we have.

In God's plan not only was Christ to suffer the cross, but we too must die daily.

After my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God. I myself will see him with my own eyes...[on] a white horse whose rider is called Faithful and True….How my heart yearns within me!" JOB 19:26-27; REVELATION 19:11; JOB 19:27

He has torn us, and He will heal us; He has wounded us, and He will bind up our wounds. Hosea 6:1