"The mind can descend far lower than the body, for in it are bottomless pits. The flesh can only bear a certain number of wounds and no more, but the soul can bleed in ten thousand ways, and die over and over again each hour"
-C.H. Spurgeon Honey in the Mouth
"And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified."- Romans 8:30
"We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed;" - 2 Corinthians 4:8-9
"I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and heard my cry.He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire, He set my feet upon a rock, and gave me a firm place to stand."- Ps 40:1-2
"I am weary with my moaning; every night I flood my bed with tears; I drench my couch with my weeping."- Psalms 6:6
"Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted." - Matthew 5:4
"It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting, for this is the end of all mankind, and the living will lay it to heart." - Eccl. 7:2
"Even though you may go to bed in the dark, you will wake up in the eternal daylight"
Zack Eswine - Spurgeon's Sorrow: Realistic Hope....
