“The difference between shallow happiness and a deep, sustaining joy is sorrow. Happiness lives where sorrow is not. When sorrow arrives, happiness dies. It can't stand pain. Joy, on the other hand, rises from sorrow and therefore can withstand all grief. Joy, by the grace of God, is the transfiguration of suffering into endurance, and of endurance into character, and of character into hope--and the hope that has become our joy does not (as happiness must for those who depend up on it) disappoint us.” DoeCharacterHandsPainJoySufferingDiesDifferencesGriefGraceDependsSorrowEnduranceShallowGrace Of GodDisappointLife HappinessSustainingTransfiguration Book:Measuring the days: daily reflections with Walter Wangerin, Jr Source: Measuring the days: daily reflections with Walter Wangerin, Jr
“Mirrors that hide nothing hurt me. But this is the hurt of purging and precious renewal - and these are the mirrors of dangerous grace.” LifeHurtGraceDangerousMirrorsRenewalHurt MePurging Book:Measuring the days: daily reflections with Walter Wangerin, Jr Source: Measuring the days: daily reflections with Walter Wangerin, Jr
