When life is rosy, we may slide by with knowing about Jesus, with imitating him and quoting him and speaking of him. But only in suffering will we know Jesus.
Joni Eareckson TadaJesus went without comfort so that you might have it. He postponed joy so that you might share in it. He willingly chose isolation so that you might never be alone in your hurt and sorrow. He had no real fellowship so that fellowship might be yours, this moment. This alone is enough cause for great gratitude!
Joni Eareckson TadaGod always seems bigger to those who need him most. And suffering is the tool he uses to help us need him more.
Joni Eareckson TadaHe has chosen not to heal me, but to hold me. The more intense the pain, the closer His embrace.
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