Cancer patients Quote by Jared C. Wilson

“The capacity to pay attention to an afflicted person is something very rare, very difficult; it is nearly a miracle. It is a miracle.…

— Simone Weil

“Afflictions quicken us to prayer. It is a pity it should be so; but experience testifies, that a long course of ease and prosperity,…

— John Newton

God's way of answering the Christian's prayer for more patience, experience, hope and love often is to put him into the furnace of affliction.

— Richard Cecil

Suffering invites us to place our hurts in larger hands. In Christ we see God suffering – for us. And calling us to share…

— Henri Nouwen

“When we say to people, 'I will pray for you,' we make a very important commitment. The sad thing is that this remark often…

— Henri J.M. Nouwen

Your suffering only matters if it connects you to the suffering of others, if it heals them too.

— Geoffrey Wood

The fire of affliction reveals the quality of our faith

— John Calvin

“Preach Christ . . . and if you must, use words.” Comforting others puts our pain into perspective.”

— Frank Peretti

The power of prayer and faith can heal and bring happiness. The real tragedy is that the people that are helped by this don't…

— Terry Pratchett

Suffering brings your heart to bear. It gets you where you are!

— Ram Dass

Afflictions are... if we can so take them, our share in the Passion of Christ

— C. S. Lewis

“Looked at from a spiritual standpoint, our discomfort in any given situation provides a signal that we are out of alignment with spiritual law…

— Colin Tipping