Why must all of the operations in life be performed without an anesthetic?

Dignity of human nature requires that we must face the storms of life.

The thing is, the only real sign of life is growth. And growth requires pain. So to choose life is to accept pain.

Our life is always deeper than we know, is always more divine than it seems, and hence we are able to survive degradations and despairs which otherwise must engulf us.

I am alive again, now that I can no longer stand to live.

I wept to think that life went on even when so much had been lost, that rain still fell and myrtle grew between the rocks.

The best tests of my Christian growth occur in the mainstream of life, not in the quietness of my study

I think people who suffer from depression, unless it's post-traumatic, are probably going to struggle with it for their whole life.

Through our struggles and pain, we are being offered perseverance, the character of God. Hardships are intended to give us a spiritual makeover, "that we may share in his holiness" (Heb. 12:10). Therefore, when God encourages us to persevere, he is not stumbling for encouraging words. He is teaching us how to look like him.

Somehow, turning to God and trusting him with the mysteries of suffering is the answer to the problem of suffering.

Pray that success will not come any faster than you are able to endure it.

When life hands you lemons make lemonade ! After my cancer diagnosis this became my Moto and it got me though the worst of it! I came out ahead cancer free for five years so far !!!!!