If there is anything in this world for which I would Thank Him more than for all else, it is for Pain and Affliction.
I am sure that in these things, His Richest and Tenderest love has been most Manifested towards me.
I am certain that I have never grown in grace, one-half so much anywhere else, as I have upon the Bed of Pain.
I have learned to Kiss the wave, that Throws me against the Rock of Ages.
Affliction is the Best piece of furniture in my house.
It is the Best Book in a minister's library.
Those who Dive in the Sea of Affliction, bring up Rare Pearls.
God's love letters are often sent in black envelopes. The cloud that is black with horror, is Big with mercy.
We may not ask for Trouble; but if we were wise, we would look upon Affliction as the Forerunner of an Unusually Great Blessing.
Dread the calm: it is often Treacherous; and the Pestilence is often lurking beneath its wing.
Fear not the Storm: it brings Healing in its wings, and when Jesus is with you in the vessel, then the Tempest only hastens the ship to its Desired Haven.
GOD is Too Good to be Unkind, and He is Too Wise To Be Mistaken.
When We Cannot Trace His Hand, We Must Trust His Heart.
I venture to say that The Greatest Earthly Blessing That GOD Can Give To Any Of Us is health, with the exception of sickness.
The Furnace of Affliction is the most beneficial place for you, Christian.
My son, do not Regard Lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor Faint when you are Reproved by Him; for those whom the Lord Loves He Disciplines, and He Scourges every son whom He receives.
Our Earthly fathers Disciplined us for a short time as seemed best to them, but He Disciplines us for our Good, so that we may share His holiness.
All Discipline for the moment seems Not to be Joyful, but Sorrowful; yet to those who have been Trained by it, Afterwards it Yields the Peaceful Fruit of Righteousness.
~Charles Spurgeon
