Afflictions are light when compared with what we really deserve. They are light when compared with the sufferings of the Lord Jesus. But perhaps their real lightness is best seen by comparing them with the weight of glory which is awaiting us.
Nothing forces us to know What we do not want to know Except pain
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Aeschylus
Wisdom is not making life any harder than it has to be.
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Marty Rubin
Doesn't it seem that it is always by chance that these things happen, or is it because of the generosity of a shared knowledge of suffering that allows for it?
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David Gianadda
Thoughts are tyrants that return again and again to torment us.
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Anonymous
But a mermaid has no tears, and therefore she suffers so much more.
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Hans Christian Andersen
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Afflictions are light when compared with what we really deserve. They are light when compared with the sufferings of the Lord Jesus. But perhaps their real lightness is best seen by comparing them with the weight of glory which is awaiting us.
