“Let's be honest: Ignoring is acting, and nothing more — acting as though the words or actions of your oppressors don't hurt. You hear the words, you feel the insults, and you bear the blows.” FeelsActionPainHurtActingHonestBearsBlowBeing HonestInsultDeafArrowsPierceImpervious Author:Frank Peretti
“The claws of Truth were painful. The lies tore away like scabs, and John bled there for hours, stifling his cries of pain in the sleeve of his overcoat - the overcoat he'd received from his father.” PainLyingFatherHoursCryPainfulSleevesClawsStiflingScabsOvercoat Book:Prophet: A Novel Source: Prophet: A Novel
“God does not waste an ounce of our pain or a drop of our tears; suffering doesn't come our way for no reason, and He seems especially efficient at using what we endure to mold our character. If we are malleable, He takes our bumps and bruises and shapes them into something beautiful.” IfsWayDoeReasonCharacterSeemsPainBeautifulSufferingTearsShapesWasteEndureNo ReasonEfficientMoldBumpsBruisesSomething Beautiful Book:No More Bullies: For Those Who Wound or Are Wounded Source: No More Bullies: For Those Who Wound or Are Wounded