Richard Sibbes Quotes

“Glory follows afflictions, not as the day follows the night but as the spring follows the winter; for the winter prepares the earth for the spring, so do afflictions sanctified prepare the soul for glory.”

“Comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.”

“The readiest way which God takes to draw a man to himself is, to afflict him in that he loves most, and with good reason; and to cause this affliction to arise from some good action done with a single eye; because nothing can more clearly show him the emptiness of what is most lovely and desirable in all the world.”

“You can't comfort the afflicted without afflicting the comfortable.”

“Be patient in affliction.”

“Stories are meant to comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.”

“Afflictions are but the shadow of His wings.”

“In that moment, I welcomed back the light and let go of the fear, the feelings of unworthiness, the past, the loss, the wallowing, the grief and the anger. I let go of the illusion of control in our losses, of our afflictions.”

“May the Lord comfort the afflicted souls.”

“God afflicts people for a reason”