Praise God for the hammer, the file, and the furnace. The hammer molds us, the file sharpens us, and the fire tempers us.
Samuel RutherfordHumility is a strange flower; it grows best in winter weather, and under storms of affliction.
Samuel RutherfordShow yourself a Christian by suffering without murmuring. In patience possess your soul - they lose nothing who gain Christ.
Samuel RutherfordBut the way to overcome is by patience, forgiving and praying for your enemies, in doing whereof you heap coals upon their heads, and your Lord shall open a door to you in your trouble: wait upon Him, as the night watch waiteth for the morning. He will not tarry. Go up to your watch-tower, and come not down, but by prayer, and faith, and hope, wait on.
Samuel Rutherford