Quotes related to Romans 12:15
Wise companions learn to seek out the delicate balance between offering help and offering too much help.
— Philip Yancey
simple availability is the most powerful force we can contribute to help calm the fears of others. Instinctively, I shrink back from people who are in pain.
— Philip Yancey
Think too of all who suffer as if you shared their pain. HEBREWS 13:3
— Philip Yancey
A grace-full Christian is one who looks at the world through "grace-tinted lenses.
— Philip Yancey
One of the most important things we can do for a suffering person is to restore a sense of meaning or significance to the experience.
— Philip Yancey
The healthiest body is the one that feels the pain of its weakest parts.
— Philip Yancey
The first step in helping a suffering person (or in accepting our own pain) is to acknowledge that pain is valid, and worthy of a sympathetic response.
— Philip Yancey
Nothing else — no learned "how-to" program, no expensive gift — is worth more to the sufferer than the comfortable assurance of your physical presence.
— Philip Yancey
God weeps with us so that we may one day laugh with him.
— Philip Yancey
involvement with others was the most effective in quelling her pain.
— Philip Yancey
the same answer from suffering people: it matters little what we say — our concern and availability matter far more.
— Philip Yancey
the same answer from suffering people: it matters little what we say — our concern and availability matter far more. If we can offer a listening ear, that may be the most appreciated gift of all.
— Philip Yancey