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We sometimes fear to bring our troubles to God, because they must seem small to Him who sitteth on the circle of the earth. But if they are large enough to vex and endanger our welfare, they are large enough to touch His heart of love. (R.A. Torrey)
Once more, Never think that you can live to God by your own power or strength; but always look to and rely on him for assistance, yea, for all strength and grace. (David Brainerd)
In proportion to the size of the vessel of faith, brought by us to the Lord, is the measure we draw out of His overflowing grace. (Cyprian)
Inspiring Mental Illness Quotes
Realize that illness and other temporal setbacks often come to us from the hand of God our Lord, and are sent to help us know ourselves better, to free ourselves of the love of created things, and to reflect on the brevity of this life and, thus, to prepare ourselves for the life which is without end. ~ Saint Ignatius
Some days, 24 hours is too much to stay put in, so I take the day hour by hour, moment by moment. I break the task, the challenge, the fear into small, bite-size pieces. I can handle a piece of fear, depression, anger, pain, sadness, loneliness, illness. I actually put my hands up to my face, one next to each eye, like blinders on a horse. ~ Regina Brett
Mental illness leaves a huge legacy, not just for the person suffering it but for those around them. ~ Lysette Anthony
Scientists have demonstrated that dramatic, positive changes can occur in our lives as a direct result of facing an extreme challenge – whether it’s coping with a serious illness, daring to quit smoking, or dealing with depression. Researchers call this ‘post-traumatic growth.’ ~ Jane McGonigal
Life is a series of baby steps along the way and if you add up these tiny little steps you take toward your goal, whatever it is, whether it’s giving up something, a terrible addiction or trying to work your way through an illness. When you total up those baby steps you’d be amazed over the course of 10 years, the strides you’ve taken. ~ Hoda Kotb
One of the things psychologists used to say was that if you are depressed, anxious or angry, you couldn’t be happy. Those were at opposite ends of a continuum. I believe that you can be suffering or have a mental illness and be happy – just not in the same moment that you’re sad. ~ Martin Seligman
Stress is nothing more than a socially acceptable form of mental illness. ~ Richard Carlson
The number one root of all illness, as we know, is stress. ~ Marianne Williamson
Even if you have a terminal disease, you don’t have to sit down and mope. Enjoy life and challenge the illness that you have. ~ Nelson Mandela
There are uses to adversity, and they don’t reveal themselves until tested. Whether it’s serious illness, financial hardship, or the simple constraint of parents who speak limited English, difficulty can tap unexpected strengths. ~ Sonia Sotomayor
Find a place inside where there’s joy, and the joy will burn out the pain. ~ Joseph Campbell
Today I choose life. Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain… To feel the freedom that comes from being able to continue to make mistakes and choices – today I choose to feel life, not to deny my humanity but embrace it. ~ Kevyn Aucoin
Forgiveness Christian Quotes
“Forgiveness is God’s invention for coming to terms with a world in which, despite their best intentions, people are unfair to each other and hurt each other deeply. He began by forgiving us. And he invites us all to forgive each other.” (Lewis B. Smedes – Forgive & Forget: Healing the Hurts We Don’t Deserve)
“None of us wants to admit that we hate someone…When we deny our hate we detour around the crisis of forgiveness. We suppress our spite, make adjustments, and make believe we are too good to be hateful. But the truth is that we do not dare to risk admitting the hate we feel because we do not dare to risk forgiving the person we hate.” (Lewis B. Smedes – Forgive & Forget: Healing the Hurts We Don’t Deserve)
“You can forgive someone almost anything. But you cannot tolerate everything…We don’t have to tolerate what people do just because we forgive them for doing it. Forgiving heals us personally. To tolerate everything only hurts us all in the long run.” (Lewis B. Smedes – Forgive & Forget: Healing the Hurts We Don’t Deserve)
“When we forgive evil we do not excuse it, we do not tolerate it, we do not smother it. We look the evil full in the face, call it what it is, let its horror shock and stun and enrage us, and only then do we forgive it.” (Lewis B. Smedes – Forgive & Forget: Healing the Hurts We Don’t Deserve)
“If we say that monsters [people who do terrible evil] are beyond forgiving, we give them a power they should never have…they are given the power to keep their evil alive in the hearts of those who suffered most. We give them power to condemn their victims to live forever with the hurting memory of their painful pasts. We give the monsters the last word.” (Lewis B. Smedes – Forgive & Forget: Healing the Hurts We Don’t Deserve)
“Gandhi was right: if we all live by ‘an eye for an eye’ the whole world will be blind. The only way out is forgiveness.” (Lewis B. Smedes – Forgive & Forget: Healing the Hurts We Don’t Deserve)“We forgive freely or we do not really forgive at all.” (Lewis B. Smedes – Forgive & Forget: Healing the Hurts We Don’t Deserve)
“When you give up vengeance, make sure you are not giving up on justice. The line between the two is faint, unsteady, and fine…Vengeance is our own pleasure of seeing someone who hurt us getting it back and then some. Justice, on the other hand, is secure when someone pays a fair penalty for wronging another even if the injured person takes no pleasure in the transaction. Vengeance is personal satisfaction. Justice is moral accounting…Human forgiveness does not do away with human justice.” (Lewis B. Smedes – The Art of Forgiving: When You Need To Forgive And Don’t Know How)“I have discovered that most people who tell me that they cannot forgive a person who wronged them are handicapped by a mistaken understanding of what forgiving is.” (Lewis B. Smedes – The Art of Forgiving: When You Need To Forgive And Don’t Know How)
“God is the original, master forgiver. Each time we grope our reluctant way through the minor miracle of forgiving, we are imitating his style. I am not at all sure that any of us would have had imagination enough to see the possibilities in this way to heal the wrongs of this life had he not done it first.” (Lewis B. Smedes – The Art of Forgiving: When You Need To Forgive And Don’t Know How)
“It takes one person to forgive, it takes two people to be reunited.” (Lewis B. Smedes – The Art of Forgiving: When You Need To Forgive And Don’t Know How)Christian Anxiety Quotes
Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength. (Charles Spurgeon)
Resign every forbidden joy; restrain every wish that is not referred to God’s will; banish all eager desires, all anxiety; desire only the will of God; seek him alone and supremely, and you will find peace. (Francois Fenelon)
The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith, and the beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety. (George Mueller)
The great antidote to anxiety is to come to God in prayer. We are to pray about everything. Nothing is too big for Him to handle, and nothing is too small to escape His attention. (Jerry Bridges)
A Christian’s freedom from anxiety is not due to some guaranteed freedom from trouble, but to the folly of worry and especially to the confidence that God is our Father, that even permitted suffering is within the orbit of His care. (John Stott)
The apostle Paul in writing to the Philippians gives them the admonition to be “anxious for nothing,” telling them that the cure for anxiety is found on one’s knees, that it is the peace of God that calms our spirit and dissipates anxiety (Phil. 4:6). (R.C. Sproul)
What else does anxiety about the future bring you but sorrow upon sorrow? (Thomas a Kempis)
An unpeaceful mind cannot operate normally. Hence the Apostle teaches us to “have no anxiety about anything” (Phil. 4:6). Deliver all anxious thoughts to God as soon as they arise. Let the peace of God maintain your heart and mind (v. 7). (Watchman Nee)
Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith. (Henry Ward Beecher)
Christian Quotes On The Subject of God’s Grace
Without free will, how shall God judge the world? Without grace, how shall God save the world? (Author Unknown)
GRACE-God’s Riches At Christ’s Expense. (Author Unknown)