Jody

“There have been some hard things in my life, of course, as there have been in yours, and I cannot say to you, I know exactly what you’re going through. But I can say that I know the One who knows. And I’ve come to see that it’s through the deepest suffering that God has taught me the deepest lessons. And if we’ll trust Him for it, we can come through to the unshakable assurance that He’s in charge. He has a loving purpose. And He can transform something terrible into something wonderful. Suffering is never for nothing.”
― Elisabeth Elliot, Suffering Is Never for Nothing

“I’m convinced that there are a good many things in this life that we really can’t do anything about, but that God wants us to do something with.”
― Elisabeth Elliot, Suffering Is Never for Nothing

“We are not adrift in chaos. To me that is the most fortifying, the most stabilizing, the most peace-giving thing that I know about anything in the universe. Every time that things have seemingly fallen apart in my life, I have gone back to those things that do not change. Nothing in the universe can ever change those facts. He loves me. I am not at the mercy of chance.”
― Elisabeth Elliot, Suffering is Never for Nothing

“It’s only in the cross that we can begin to harmonize this seeming contradiction between suffering and love.”
― Elisabeth Elliot, Suffering Is Never for Nothing