Quotes about Trials

The point of the Book of Job is not suffering: where is God When It hurts? The prologue (chapters 1-2) dealt with that issue. The point of the Book of Job is faith: Where is Job when it hurts?

— Philip Yancey

If everything proceeded according to their wishes, they would not understand what it means to follow God.

— John Calvin

We are always on the anvil by trials God is shaping us for higher things.

— Henry Ward Beecher