Quotes About Trials

In spite of this trial, which takes all enjoyment from me, I can never the less, cry out, 'Lord, you fill me with joy in all that you do. For is there a joy greater than to suffer for love?'

Suffering is how we test our love especially our love for God.

Some writers hate to go to trials, but I love trials.

We have a heavenly Father who is with us through every trial.

A season of suffering is a small assignment when compared to the reward.

God uses Satan's temptation to strengthen us. Times of testing are actually times of training, purification, and strength building. You can even "consider it pure joy . . . whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance" (James 1:2–3 NIV).

Joseph's pit came in the form of a cistern. Maybe yours came in the form of a diagnosis, a foster home, or a traumatic injury. Joseph

Life pulls us down.

Cuando pases a través de las aguas, yo estaré contigo; y a través de los ríos, ellos no te anegarán; cuando andes a través del fuego, no te quemará; ni la llama arderá en ti. (Isaías 43.2, traducción libre)6

the trials and tensions of the world take us back behind our ego where the Divine Self is waiting, that part I know is truth. We aren't the God of the Western world, but each of us is a piece of the Divine. Pain and loss initiate us to our oneness with each other, God, and life. Nothing can separate us from God, no matter how alone we feel.

Affliction produces endurance, endurance produces proven character, and proven character produces hope. Romans 5:3–4

He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will emerge as pure gold. Job 23:10

It has been given to you on Christ's behalf not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for Him. Philippians 1:29

Our momentary light affliction is producing for us an absolutely incomparable eternal weight of glory. 2 Corinthians 4:17

God chose to teach me with the very things Satan had used to defeat me.

Sometimes what seems like the darkest step we've ever been on comes just before the brightest light we've ever experienced.

The Cruciatus Curse, which first appeared in the fourth Harry Potter novel, derives squarely from this source. In magical parlance, "crosses" are life's challenges and trials. Someone suffering from a "crossed condition" exists under a dark cloud. Uncrossing spells remove these crosses. Cross candles are burned to eliminate life's hardships.

Grace tried is better than grace, and more than grace; it is glory in its infancy.

No one is ever holy without suffering.

While you are going through your trial, you can recall your past victories and count the blessings that you do have with a sure hope of greater ones to allow if you are faithful.

Prayer in the hour of need is a great boon. From simple trials to our Gethsemanes, prayer can put us in touch with God, our greatest source of comfort and counsel.

A spirit of thankfulness is one of the most distinctive marks of a Christian whose heart is attuned to the Lord. Thank God in the midst of trials and every persecution.

Popularity and adulation are far more dangerous for the Christian than persecution. It is easy when all goes smoothly to lose our sense of balance and perspective.

God promises no easy life or days without troubles, trials, difficulties, and temptations. He never promises that life will be perfect. He does not call His children to a playground, but to a battleground.