Quotes about Pain

He was like one people turned away from; He was despised, and we didn't value Him. Isaiah 53:3

He is, after all, the author, eternal possessor, initiator, and giver of love. He cannot be destroyed or made less by unrequited love, but to disassociate Him from the pain and grief associated with love is to carve a convenient idol out of wood or stone bearing no resemblance to the God of the Bible. Within those pages, we find a God who cannot be changed by man but can be affected by man. His immutability does not deplete or delete His affections.

If a brokenhearted mother could sing, I could not remain silent.

The pain will not kill you. It will be a reminder that you are very much alive, engaged, and that you loved with abandon.

Withholding forgiveness until an offender understands or acknowledges the emotional pain they have inflicted is a subtle form of revenge. Why? Because it's hoping that the offender would hurt a little too, in order to understand. But this type of revenge robs you of your freedom and allows the offender to keep control of you. Dr. Chuck Lynch, I Should Forgive, but .

The absence of regret makes no guarantee of the absence of pain.

Some pain is simply the normal grief of human existence. That is pain that I try to make room for. I honor my grief.

The pain of being human is that we're all angels imprisoned in vessels of flesh.

I can suffer alone, or I can hold on to God in my pain. I can be meek and trust Him to make something good out of it. Only Jesus can heal the wounds, only Jesus can fill up those dark places with light, with understanding. Only He can quench our thirst for hope.

While the resurrection promises us a new and perfect life in the future, God loves us too much to leave us alone to contend with the pain, guilt and loneliness of our present life.

But remember, continuing a wrong relationship only increases the pain when it finally does end.

There are some hurts that we experience that can be forgiven but we won't forget them.