Before the next hurricane, tornado, or tsunami come, nail it down:
“Even the winds and the sea obey him” (Matt. 8:27).
– John Piper

To manage a life of pain, as a believer in Jesus,
remember: This is all the hell you will ever bear. 
– Robert Murray M’Cheyne

The Lord makes his people sensible of the vanity of the present life,
by a constant proof of its miseries.
– John Calvin

There is a certain kind of maturity that can be attained
only through the discipline of suffering. 
– D.A. Carson