Showing posts with label afflictions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label afflictions. Show all posts

Saturday, January 1, 2011

Suffering and Joy for the Christian

"God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering."-Saint Augustine

"One of the greatest evidences of God’s love to those that love him is, to send them afflictions, with grace to bear them." -John Wesley

Facts:
18 times in the New Testament, joy and suffering are linked together.
Old Testament, over 23 Hebrew words for joy