If your friend is grieving, please, don’t try and preach them out of their grief. Sit with them in it until words become necessary. – Jackie Hill Perry
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We’re more concerned about our own “victory” over sin than we are about…
We’re more concerned about our own “victory” over sin than we are about the fact that our sins grieve God’s heart. – Jerry Bridges
Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal.
Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal. – Thomas Moore
In the hands of a loving God, sorrow and suffering become the doorways into…
In the hands of a loving God, sorrow and suffering become the doorways into the greatest and most indestructible joys. – David Powlison
I do not understand how a man can be a true believer…
I do not understand how a man can be a true believer, in whom sin is not the greatest burden, sorrow and trouble. – John Owen
The greatest sorrow and burden
The greatest sorrow and burden you can lay upon the Father, the greatest unkindness you can do to Him is not to believe that He loves you. – John Owen
