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> [“Human experience always contains both pain and joy. One of the reasons we can be confident that Christianity is actually true is it allows us to make sense of both aspects of the world. Of both beauty and pain.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-ordway/human-experience-always-contains-both-pain-and-joy-one-of-the-reasons/)

[Holly Ordway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-ordway/)

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## More by Holly Ordway

> [“It wasn’t the promise of peace, or joy, or salvation that brought me to Christ, but the promise of truth.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-ordway/it-wasn-t-the-promise-of-peace-or-joy-or-salvation-that-brought-me-to/)

[Holly Ordway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-ordway/)

> [“You can't fake joy. Authentic joy is the kind that grows out of the soil of pain and doubt and fear, because that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-ordway/you-can-t-fake-joy-authentic-joy-is-the-kind-that-grows-out-of-the/)

[Holly Ordway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-ordway/)

> [“The facts themselves do not compel belief. God will not force us to trust Him. God gives us the ability to respond and graciously…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-ordway/the-facts-themselves-do-not-compel-belief-god-will-not-force-us-to/)

[Holly Ordway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-ordway/)

> [“I had once thought that Christianity was a soft, wish-fulfillment religion. Now I saw that it was entirely the opposite.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-ordway/i-had-once-thought-that-christianity-was-a-soft-wish-fulfillment/)

[Holly Ordway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-ordway/)

> [“If we, who are finite, contingent, created beings, have got God completely figured out, it makes it seem likely that we invented him...If I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-ordway/if-we-who-are-finite-contingent-created-beings-have-got-god/)

[Holly Ordway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-ordway/)

> [“It is no light matter to meet God after having denied Him all one’s life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-ordway/it-is-no-light-matter-to-meet-god-after-having-denied-him-all-one-s/)

[Holly Ordway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-ordway/)

> [“Its helpful to know the reasons for our faith...it helps us not be so vulnerable to doubt, and it helps us not be so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-ordway/its-helpful-to-know-the-reasons-for-our-faith-it-helps-us-not-be-so/)

[Holly Ordway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-ordway/)

> [“Human experience always contains both pain and joy. One of the reasons we can be confident that Christianity is actually true is it allows…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-ordway/human-experience-always-contains-both-pain-and-joy-one-of-the-reasons/)

[Holly Ordway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-ordway/)

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