Quotes about Comfort

for one's language, the one we dream in, is home.

Too many of us are too comfortable in our "Jesus lifeboat." Instead of the church preparing its members to reach out to other people who are still in the water and pulling them into the boat, we have settled in for the ride to heaven and are busy coming up with ways to make the trip more comfortable. We go to church each week and worship God because we are saved and safe, forgetting that the lifeboat is not yet full.

The God who allows sorrows is the God of sweet new seasons too.

The Lord is a personal Shepherd, a right-now God.

If the Lord is your Shepherd, He will meet all your needs. By allowing Him to freely do this for us, we can rest assured that whatever possible need arises, our Good Shepherd is sure to be there.

Catastrophe is the time to run into God's arms, not away from them.

Prayer has comforted us in sorrow and will help strengthen us for the journey ahead.

I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than to be crowded on a velvet cushion.

Lead, kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom, Lead Thou me on! The night is dark, and I am far from home - Lead Thou me on! Keep Thou my feet; I do not ask to see The distant scene, - one step enough for me.

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human race.

To cure sometimes, to relieve often, to comfort always.

When we believe that God is Father, we also believe that such a father's hand will never cause his child a needless tear. We may not understand life any better, but we will not resent life any longer.