Bereavement Quote by Charles H. Spurgeon

“Well, it is a particular sin to permit grief for what is gone to poison the praise for what blessings remain to us.”

— Lois McMaster Bujold

“Note, Our sorrow upon any account is sinful and inordinate when it diverts us from our duty to God and embitters our comfort in…

— Matthew Henry

Bereavement is the sharpest challenge to our trust in God; if faith can overcome this, there is no mountain which it cannot remove.

— Anonymous

“Sorrow and loss are meant to prepare us for the vision of God to purge the inward eye that it may see Him.”

— Alexander MacLaren

“Work in me more profound and abiding repentance; Give me the fullness of godly grief, that trembles and fears, yet ever trust and loves,…

— Arthur Bennett

Not a sorrow, not a burden, not a temptation, not a bereavement, not a disappointment, not a care, not a groan or tear, but…

— George C. Lorimer

“If thou art worn and hard beset, With sorrows, that thou wouldst forget; If thou wouldst read a lesson, that will keep Thy heart…

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Weep bitterly over the dead, for he is worthy, and then comfort thyself; drive heaviness away: thou shall not do him good, but hurt…

— Matthew Arnold

If thou tellest the sorrows of thy heart, let it be to him in whose countenance thou mayst be assured of prompt consolation.

— Saadi

“So I shall practice sorrow in my love, stand in thin sun from old windows and grieve: inevitability of the grave, monotony of death,…

— Grace Butcher

Let not therefore thy heart be troubled, neither let it fear. Trust in me, and put thy confidence in my mercy. When thou thinkest…

— Thomas a Kempis

“To mourn is to touch directly the substance of divine compassion.”

— Cynthia Bourgeault