The grand design of God in all the afflictions that befall his people is to bring them nearer and closer to himself.
— Thomas Brooks
Blessings of Trials
We often learn more under the rod that strikes us, than under the staff that comforts us.
— Stephen Charnock
Blessings
Those blessings are sweetest that are won with prayers and won with thanks.
— Thomas Goodwin
Blessings
God forgives, then He gives; till He be merciful to pardon our sins through Christ, He cannot bless or look kindly upon us sinners. All our enjoyments are but blessings in bullion, till Gospel grace and pardoning mercy stamp and make them current.
— William Gurnall
Blessings
To bless God for mercies is the way to increase them; to bless Him for miseries is the way to remove them.
— William Dyer
