Heres sharing some of my favorite quotes from my current read, Gentle and Lowly by Dane Ortlund-
“Our tendency is to feel intuitively that the more difficult life gets, the more alone we are. As we sink further into pain, we sink further into felt isolation. The Bible corrects us.
Our pain never outstrips what he himself shares in. We are never alone. That sorrow that feels so isolating, so unique, was endured by him in the past, and is now shouldered by him in the present.”
“ The deeper into weakness and suffering and testing we go, the deeper Christ’s solidarity with us. As we go down into pain and anguish, we are descending every deeper into Christ’s very heart, not away from it.
Looking inside ourselves, we can anticipate only harshness from heaven. Looking out to Christ, we can anticipate only gentleness.”
“But reject the devil’s whisper, that God’s tender heart for you has grown a little colder, or a little stiffer. He is not flustered by your sinfulness. His deepest disappointment is with your tepid thoughts of his heart.”
I hope these bless you.