If you had never known physical pain in your life, how could you appreciate the nail scarred hands with which Jesus Christ will meet you?
Joni Eareckson TadaGod's purpose in increasing our trials is to sensitize us to people we never would have been able to relate to otherwise.
Joni Eareckson TadaThe best we can hope for in this life is a knothole peek at the shining realities ahead. Yet a glimpse is enough. It's enough to convince our hearts that whatever sufferings and sorrow currently assail us aren't worthy of comparison to that which waits over the horizon.
Joni Eareckson Tada