#trials

He turned to look just in time to see the rain start falling out as if the storm had finally decided to weep with shame for what it had done to them. ↗

— James Dashner

#storm #trials

The world is such a marvel-it gave you trials, but if you were still and concentrated, if you tried to do the right thing, it always provided you with salvation. ↗

— Anna Godbersen

#salvation #world #trials

When someone is close by, you just know it. ↗

— James Dashner

#trials

It was her. It was Teresa. ↗

— James Dashner

#the-scorsh-trials #trials

It takes darkness to be aware of the light. ↗

— Treasure Tatum

#contrast #light #spirituality #trials #trials

Every disability conceals a vocation, if only we can find it, which will 'turn the necessity to glorious gain. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#providence #trials #trials

...the sorrows God sent us brought comfort and strength with them, while the sorrows we brought on ourselves, through folly or wickedness, were by far the hardest to bear. ↗

— L.M. Montgomery

#god #trials #trials

The Lord's mercy often rides to the door of our heart upon the black horse of affliction. ↗

— Charles H. Spurgeon

#cross-bearing #mercy #trials #horses

Our vision is so limited we can hardly imagine a love that does not show itself in protection from suffering.... The love of God did not protect His own Son.... He will not necessarily protect us - not from anything it takes to make us like His Son. A lot of hammering and chiseling and purifying by fire will have to go into the process. ↗

— Elisabeth Elliot

#christian #god #hard-times #jesus #love

What you perceive as a failure today may actually be a crucial step towards the success you seek. Never give up. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#drive #failure #perseverance #richelle #richelle-goodrich