Quotes about Comfort

we not only wish to be pleased, but to be pleased in that particular way in which we have been accustomed to be pleased.

The greatest gift you can open is your arms to someone in need.

So Jesus in the throes of his Passion is an image of hope: God is on the side of those who suffer.

Kindness is willing to look in the face of the hurting.

Just the knowledge that a good book is waiting one at the end of a long day makes that day happier.

He who doesn't forget God isn't cold in his grave," she said. "What keeps him warm?" I insisted. Her thin voice had become like a whisper: it was a secret. "God himself.

Whatever dark tunnel we may be called upon to travel through, God has been there.

It's He who was the Word before the foundation of the world, suffering as a lamb slain. And He has a lot up His sleeve that you and I haven't the slightest idea about now. He's told us enough so that we know suffering is never for nothing.

Most people's initial reaction to sad people is to try to cheer them up, to tell them not to look at things so grimly, to look at the bright side of life. This cheering-up reaction is often an expression of that person's own needs and that person's own inability to tolerate a long face over an extended period. A mourner should be allowed to experience his sorrow, and he will be grateful for those who can sit with him without telling him not to be sad.

With the help of the Lord, you can handle life's challenges and heartaches, even the valley of the shadow of death. What comfort your fainting heart has, knowing that in those stumbling times of discouragement and despair, of depletion and seeming defeat, the Shepherd will find you...restore and fix you...and follow you...until you are well on your way.

What a blessing to be able to leave the cares of life for a brief period and spend time in the outstretched arms of your Shepherd, rubbing, as it were, your cheek against His face in intimate fellowship through prayer.

Give me insight and wisdom in making my home reflect Your presence. You are welcome here! Amen.