#trials

The devil, darkness, and death may swagger and boast, the pangs of life will sting for a while longer, but don't worry; the forces of evil are breathing their last. Not to worry...He's risen! ↗

— Charles R. Swindoll

#jesus-christ #resurrection #trials #worry #death

Life is a test.  It was designed to be so.  It is where we taste the bitter and the sweet; where we feel pain and pleasure; where we learn right from wrong; where we pass through both darkness and light.  It is a time to make choices.  And through this process we form our characters - some grand and glorious, some barely decent, and others just plain monstrous.  ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#choices #learning #life #opposition #richelle

If I do not do this thing, then it may go on and on. Nothing of the greater good comes without struggle and sacrifice in equal measure, be you man or woman, and in this way are we freed from tyranny. ↗

— Kathleen Kent

#equality

We're all put to the test... but it never comes in the form or at the point we would prefer, does it? ↗

— David Mamet

#trial #trials

Trials are a part of life, but there is value in sometimes experiencing adversity which will test (and so strengthen) our faith and also build an understanding of God and ourselves. ↗

— Eric Ives

#god #jane-grey #trials #faith

For when God is said by these things to try men and prove them, to see what is in their hearts and whether they will keep His commandments or no, we are not to understand, that it is for His own information, or that He may obtain evidence Himself of their sincerity (for he needs no trials for His information); but chiefly for their conviction, and to exhibit evidence to their consciences... So when God tempted or tried Abraham with that difficult command of offering up his son, it was not for His satisfaction, whether he feared God or no, but for Abraham's own greater satisfaction and comfort, and the more clear manifestation of the favour of God to him. ↗

— Jonathan Edwards

#adversity #faith #trials #faith

Are you aware of who you really are in relationship to the very God who created the Universe, who scattered the stars and aligned the planets? Only to those who remember and realize that they are literally spirit children of a God who knows and loves them, can the fire of refinement be welcome. Otherwise, pain and adversity are just that, pain and adversity. Fire doesn’t purify; it only burns. ↗

— Toni Sorenson

#faith #inpiration #life #trials #faith

Ann: I feel like I should read verses and be comforted. But it doesn’t happen. ↗

— K. Howard Joslin

#miscarriage #trials #faith

Ann: How does God’s character fit into things that seem totally against his character? ↗

— K. Howard Joslin

#gods-goodness #suffering #trials #faith

Breaking a sweat through our difficulties minimized the likelihood of a crippling injury to our faith. ↗

— K. Howard Joslin

#questions #suffering #trials #faith