God sweetens outward pain with inward peace.
— Thomas Watson (1620-1686)
Daily Christian quotes to direct, inspire, encourage, and help ordinary Christians in the rough and tumble of their daily lives!
God sweetens outward pain with inward peace.
— Thomas Watson (1620-1686)
Christian, though the cup is bitter, yet it is put into your hand by your Father; though the cross is heavy, yet he that has laid it on your shoulders will bear the heaviest end of it himself; and why then should you murmur?
– Thomas Brooks (1608-1680)
“Smooth Stones from Ancient Brooks”
Affliction is God’s forge wherein He softens the iron heart.
— Thomas Case (1598 – 1682)
Correction, Instruction
The humble soul seeks more how to glorify God in afflictions, than how to get out of them.
— Thomas Brooks (1608-1680)
Compare thy mercies and afflictions together. Have not mercies flowed in upon thee like a flood, whereas afflictions have fallen upon thee but like drops? For one affliction, thou hast had an hundred mercies.
— Samuel Cradock (1621?–1706)
Knowledge and Practice