Quotes about Suffering
God takes our misery and suffering so seriously that he was willing to take it on himself.
- Timothy Keller
God so loved us and hates suffering that he was willing to come down and get involved in it.
- Timothy Keller
Just because you can't see or imagine a good reason why God might allow something to happen doesn't mean there can't be one.
- Timothy Keller
Jesus is the ultimate Job, the only truly innocent sufferer.
- Timothy Keller
Suffering is actually at the heart of the Christian story.
- Timothy Keller
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