#suffering

It's hard to know, isn't it, whether the things we face are just because the world is full of sin and sinful people, or if God is working out a plan,' Grandma continued. 'I happen to think it's both. There's sin, but through it all, He takes the mess we make and paints a masterpiece. In fact, I'm quite certain that before God can ever bless a woman—and use her to impact many—He uses the hammer, the file, and the furnace to do a holy work. ↗

— Tricia Goyer

#redemption #sovereignty-of-god #suffering #inspirational

It's not always easy to stand aside and be unable to do anything except record the sufferings around one. ↗

— Robert Capa

#anything #around #aside #easy #except

The suffering of the Bahamian people is nearly ended. A new day is coming. It is almost here. ↗

— Perry Christie

#almost #coming #day #ended #here

Happiness is the absence of suffering. I think it's an interesting way of looking at it. I think the absence of suffering exists very rarely in the world we live in. ↗

— Julie Christie

#exists #happiness #i #i think #interesting

All of our energy should be in sacrifice and services. Suffering, at least. ↗

— Richard Gere

#least #our #sacrifice #services #should

At some point we all look up and realize we are lost in a maze. ↗

— John Green

#suffering #life

Stem cell research holds enormous promise for easing human suffering, and federal support is critical to its success. ↗

— Tom Harkin

#cell research #critical #easing #enormous #federal

He's suffering from Politicians' Logic. Something must be done, this is something, therefore we must do it. ↗

— Antony Jay

#logic #must #politicians #something #suffering

George MacDonald gives me renewed strength during times of trouble--times when I have seen people tempted to deny God--when he says, "The Son of God suffered unto death, not that men might not suffer, but that their sufferings might be like his. ↗

— Madeleine L'Engle

#george-macdonald #suffering #art

Aeschylus writes, "In our sleep, pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom through the awful grade of God. ↗

— Madeleine L'Engle

#suffering #wisdom #art