Quotes related to 1 Peter 1:6-7
And is not the lute that soothes your spirit the very wood that was hollowed with knives?
— Khalil Gibran
Suffering provides the gym equipment on which my faith can be exercised.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
This paralysis is my greatest mercy.7
— Joni Eareckson Tada
Probably, I thought, my suffering and training is a lifelong process. It will end only when I go to be with Christ.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
The gods in bounty work up storms about us, that give mankind occasion to exert their hidden strength and throw out into practice virtues that shun the day, and lie concealed in the smooth seasons and the calms of life.
— Joseph Addison
William Faulkner was once asked how he went about writing a book. His answer: "It's like building a chicken coop in a high wind. You grab any board or shingle flying by or loose on the ground and nail it down fast." Like becoming a pastor.
— Eugene Peterson
The exile was the "crucible of Israel's faith". They were pushed to the edge of existence where they thought they were hanging on by the skin of their teeth, and they found that in fact they had been pushed to the center, where God was.
— Eugene Peterson
This is courage in a man to bear unflinchingly what heaven sends.
— Euripides
The ideal course of life is not always easy.
— Joseph Wirthlin
The purpose exceeds the pain.
— Beth Moore
The tarter the apple, the tastier the cider.
— Beverly Lewis
I'm learning that it's not what comes our way that matters so much as it is how we react.
— Beverly Lewis