Quotes about Suffering
Tribulations cannot cease until God either sees us remade or sees that our remaking is now hopeless.
— CS Lewis
God uses prisons to train people for future roles of leadership or martyrdom.
— Charles Colson
God is so committed to your ultimate joy that he was willing to plunge into the greatest depths of suffering himself for you.
— Timothy Keller
God takes our misery and suffering so seriously that he was willing to take it on himself.
— Timothy Keller
God so loved us and hates suffering that he was willing to come down and get involved in it.
— Timothy Keller
Just because you can't see or imagine a good reason why God might allow something to happen doesn't mean there can't be one.
— Timothy Keller
Jesus is the ultimate Job, the only truly innocent sufferer.
— Timothy Keller
Suffering is actually at the heart of the Christian story.
— Timothy Keller
God can be found only in suffering and the cross.
— Martin Luther
Let us pray for the many Christians in the world who still suffer persecution and violence. May God grant them the courage of fidelity.
— Pope Francis
For the Christian, every tragedy is ultimately a blessing, or God is a liar.
— RC Sproul
God measures out affliction to our need.
— St. John Chrysostom