Quotes about Sorrow
When we grieve over someone who has died in Christ, we are sorrowing not for them, but for ourselves. Our grief isn't a sign of weak faith, but of great love.
- Billy Graham
While we are shaking heads in disbelief, they are lifting hands in worship. While we are mourning at a grave, they are marveling at heaven. While we are questioning God, they are praising God.
- Max Lucado
Jesus wept" (John 11:35).
- Max Lucado
Juan no sabĂ
- Max Lucado
Glory falls around us as we sob a dirge of desolation on the Cross
- Maya Angelou
Look beyond your tasseled caps And you will see injustice. At the end of your fingertips You will find cruelties, Irrational hate, bedrock sorrow And terrifying loneliness. There is your work.
- Maya Angelou
I find it very difficult to let a friend or beloved go into that country of no return. I answer the heroic question, Death, where is thy sting? with It is here in my heart, and my mind, and my memories.
- Maya Angelou
Sugar cane reach up to God And every baby crying Shame the blanket of my night And all my days are dying
- Maya Angelou
What sorrow awaits you who build big houses with money gained dishonestly! You believe your wealth will buy security, putting your family's nest beyond the reach of danger. HABAKKUK 2:9
- Beth Moore
Godly sorrow is a change of heart resulting in complete agreement with God over the matter.
- Beth Moore
Lord, I pour out my heart before You regarding the things in my life that cause me grief. I lift my hands to You because I know You are my hope and Your compassion for me never fails. Heal me of all emotional pain, and use the sorrow I have suffered for good. I pray that in Your presence I will find total restoration.
- Stormie Omartian
God is always waiting for us to come to Him, so we can be set free from anything that keeps us from becoming more like Him. To the children of Israel in bondage in Egypt, God said He saw their oppression, heard their cry, and knew their sorrows, so He came to deliver them (Exodus 3:7-8). Know that He will do the same for you.
- Stormie Omartian