Ashley

“I believe what got me through those blank, dead, heavy years was that I was enabled just enough by the power of the Atonement of Jesus Christ to keep going, to keep my eye on the distant goal that one day Jesus Himself would put His arms around me and say, "G.G., well done, thou good and faithful servant." I pictured Him holding my face in His hands and saying, "You are healed." I imagined eyes so deeply compassionate that they knew every pain I had endured, looking into mine with a love so intense that their very warmth would heal me completely.”
― David P. Vandagriff, Deliverance from Depression: Finding Hope and Healing Through the Atonement of Christ

“Even though conditions such as lack of sleep, insufficient food and various mental stresses may suggest that the inmates were bound to react in certain ways, in the final analysis it becomes clear that the sort of person the prisoner became was the result of an inner decision, and not the result of camp influences alone. Fundamentally, therefore, any man can, even under such circumstances, decide what shall become of him--mentally and spiritually.”
― Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning

“I believe Gods power to redeem—to bring holiness out of suffering—is as vast and limitless as His power to bring order and beauty out of chaos. But I can only hold onto these lofty perspectives when I am convinced of and held in God’s love. My grasp on that love is too often tenuous, even though He always teaches out to me. I have to work hard to remember and be willing to invite God to sit with me and know me.”
― Wendy Ulrich, Let God Love You: why we don't, how we can

“… there was no need to be ashamed of tears, for tears bore witness that a man had the greatest of courage, the courage to suffer.”
― Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning