Quotes about Hurts

Your most effective ministry will come out of your deepest hurts.

I suppose that since most of our hurts come through relationships so will our healing, and I know that grace rarely makes sense for those looking in from the outside.

In conflict, time heals nothing; it causes hurts to fester.

God the Grand Weaver seeks those with tender hearts so that he can put his imprint on them. Your hurts and your disappointments are part of that design, to shape your heart and the way you feel about reality. The hurts you live through will always shape you. There is no other way.

Our lives are shaped by others literally from birth, and even the best of intentions can result in the most unexpected of hurts.

It is easier to hide behind philosophical arguments, heavily footnoted for effect, than it is to admit our hurts, our confusions, our loves, and our passions in the marketplace of life's heartfelt transactions.

True healing, of deep connective tissue, takes place in community. Where is God when it hurts? Where God's people are.

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?