Quotes about Suffering
Whoever does not know God hidden in suffering does not know God at all.
— Martin Luther
When we suffer, there will sometimes be mystery. Will there also be faith? Yes, if our attention is focused more on the cross, and on the God of the cross, than on the suffering itself.
— DA Carson
Lord, how Thou dost afflict Thy lovers!
— Teresa of Avila
If God is treated as God during suffering, then suffering can reveal and present him in all his greatness.
— Timothy Keller
Brokenness is the bow from which God launches the arrow of healing.
— Louie Giglio
True poverty does not come from God.
— Lyndon B. Johnson
God's grace doesn't always come in comfortable forms. But it's still grace, and it's still evidence that He loves us.
— Paul David Tripp
We are apt to believe in Providence so long as we have our own way; but if things go awry, then we think, if there is a God, he is in heaven, and not on earth.
— Henry Ward Beecher
Jesus makes the bitterest mouthful taste sweet.
— St. Therese of Lisieux
The word of God teaches that Christians suffer in order that they might glorify God in their lives.
— Billy Graham
The godly have some good in them, therefore the devil afflicts them; and some evil in them, therefore God afflicts them.
— Thomas Watson
The best people often have terrible lives. Job is one example, and Jesus—the ultimate 'Job,' the only truly, fully innocent sufferer — is another.
— Timothy Keller