"Jesus promised the disciples three things---that they would be completely fearless, absurdly happy and in constant trouble." G.K. Chesterton
"No character is ultimately tested until it has suffered." Harry Emerson Fosdick
"Christian, remember the goodness of God in the frost of adversity." Charles Spurgeon
"They gave our Master a crown of thorns. Why do we hope for a crown of roses?" Martin Luther
"God would not rub so hard if it were not to fetch out the dirt that is ingrained in our natures. God loves purity so well He had rather see a hole than a spot in His child's garments." William Gurnall
"Whomever the Lord has adopted and deemed worthy of His fellowship ought to prepare themselves for a hard, toilsome, and unquiet life, crammed with very many and various kinds of evil." John Calvin
"God, who foresaw your tribulation, has specially armed you to go through it, not without pain but without stain." C.S. Lewis
"A Christian is someone who shares the sufferings of God in the world." Dietrich Bonhoffer
From http://christianquotes.org/tag/cat/35/0/34
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