Quotes related to 2 Corinthians 1:3-4
Whenever there is a catastrophe, some religious people inevitably ask, 'Why didn't God do something? Where was God when all those people died?'
— Tony Campolo
God is inviting you today to appropriately grieve your pains and losses and to acknowledge the world is seriously broken.
— Tullian Tchividjian
God understands how you feel and has faced what you face.
— Max Lucado
God knows what it's like to be a human. When I talk to him about deadlines or long lines or tough times, he understands. He's been there. He's been here.
— Max Lucado
When our heart is broken, we can't hear it. And when we can't hear our heart, we can't hear God.
— Melody Beattie
Who would complain if God allowed one hour of suffering in an entire lifetime of comfort? Why complain about a lifetime that includes suffering when that lifetime is a mere hour of eternity?
— Philip Yancey
God knows what it's like to lose a son.
— Rick Warren
I've got God's shoulder to cry on. And I cry a lot. I do a lot of crying in this job. I'll bet I've shed more tears than you can count, as president.
— George W. Bush
The two Virtues of Equanimity and Compassion become more available to the person whose ego-shell has been smashed-either by great suffering or by great love-or by both.
— Fr. Richard Rohr
Great hearts can only be made by great troubles. The spade of trouble digs the reservoir of comfort deeper, and makes more room for consolation.
— Charles Spurgeon
...real care means the willingness to help each other in making our brokenness into the gateway to joy.
— Henri Nouwen
Christians rejoice even while they truly sorrow - because their rejoicing is in the hope of heaven... While joy overcomes sorrow, it does not put an end to it.
— John Calvin