Quotes about Comfort

There's no text that can replace a loving touch when someone we love is hurting.

Heartache forces us to embrace God out of desparate, urgent need. God is never closer than when your heart is aching.

He has chosen not to heal me, but to hold me. The more intense the pain, the closer His embrace.

The Psalms wrap nouns and verbs around our pain better than any other book.

Jesus went without comfort so that you might have it. He postponed joy so that you might share in it. He willingly chose isolation so that you might never be alone in your hurt and sorrow. He had no real fellowship so that fellowship might be yours, this moment. This alone is enough cause for great gratitude!

I wished God were like He used to be, a few notches lower. I wanted Him to be lofty enough to help me but not so uncontrollable. I longed for His warm presence, times when He seemed more… safe.

Let me see you, O Light of my eyes. Come, O Joy of my spirit; let me behold you, O Gladness of my heart. Let me love you, O Life of my soul. Appear unto me, O my great delight, my sweet comfort, O my God, my life, and the whole glory of my soul. Let me find you, O Desire of my heart; let me hold you, O Love of my soul. Let me embrace you, O Heavenly Bridegroom. Let me possess you.

No matter under what circumstances you leave it, home does not cease to be home. No matter how you lived there-well or poorly.

We should be willing to act as a balm for all wounds.

And so we gain hope—not from the darkness of our suffering, not from pat answers in books, but from the God who sees our suffering and shares our pain.

Lamentations is insurance against premature comfort, against "healing the wounds of my people lightly" During the time of ruin there are always those who attempt to cover the wounds of judgment with band-aid comfort. But comfort cannot function apart from a serious grappling with the pain of judgment.

Full of hope, you'll relax, confident again; you'll look around, sit back, and take it easy.