“God heals the sicknesses and the griefs by making the sicknesses and the griefs his suffering and his grief. In the image of the crucified God the sick and dying can see themselves, because in them the crucified God recognizes himself.” SufferingChristGriefDyingSickHealSicknessSick And DyingGod Heals Author:Jürgen Moltmann
“True repentance has as its constituent elements not only grief and hatred of sin, but also an apprehension of the mercy of God in Christ. It hates the sin, and not simply the penalty; and it hates the sin most of all because it has discovered God's love.” HateChristSinGriefElementsHatredMercyRepentancePenaltiesGod's LoveApprehensionConstituentsMercy Of GodTrue Repentance Book:Moses the Law-giver Source: Moses the Law-giver
“Christ's peace can permeate any heart - hearts that are troubled, burdened with grief, confused, and pleading for help.” HeartHelpingChristGriefConfusedPleading Author:Thomas S. Monson
“Just as the lame man at the pool of Bethesda needed someone stronger than himself to be healed (see John5:1-9), so we are dependent on the miracles of Christ's atonement if our souls are to be made whole from grief, sorrow, and sin” IfsMenMadeSoulWholeChristSinGriefNeededSorrowMiracleStrongerDependentPoolHealedAtonementLameNeeded Someone Author:Merrill J. Bateman
“The Risen Christ proclaimed not that we 'have to forgive,' but rather, that at last we CAN forgive-and thereby free ourselves from consuming bitterness and the offender from our binding condemnation. This process requires genuine human anger and grief, plus-and here is the awful cost of such freedom-a humble willingness to see the offender as God sees that person, in all his or her terrible brokenness and need for God's saving power. I would never tell another, 'You have to forgive.'” NeedsHumansPersonsLastsProcessChristGriefTerribleCostForgivenessForgivingHumbleGenuineAwfulSavingPlusWillingnessBitternessConsumingRisenBrokennessCondemnationBindingOffenders Author:Gordon Dalbey
“When we grieve over someone who has died in Christ, we are sorrowing not for them, but for ourselves. Our grief isn't a sign of weak faith, but of great love.” ChristGriefWeakDiedGrievingGreat LoveWeak Faith Book:The Journey: Living by Faith in an Uncertain World Source: The Journey: Living by Faith in an Uncertain World
“The Bible portrays God as entering into covenants with people which, when broken, causes him grief and sorrow. The biblical prophet Hosea and God's using him as an illustration of how much Israel's idolatry costs God emotionally points to God's vulnerability. But also the incarnation of God in Jesus Christ who, even as God the Son, suffered for our sins, points to God's vulnerability.” PeopleJesusCausesChristSinGriefSonBrokenSorrowCostJesus ChristIsraelVulnerabilityProphetBiblicalEnteringIncarnationCovenantIdolatryIllustration Author:Roger E. Olson
“There are those among you who, although young, have already suffered a full measure of grief and sorrow. My heart is filled with compassion and love for you. How dear you are to the Church. How beloved you are of your Heavenly Father. Though it may seem that you are alone, angels attend you. Though you may feel that no one can understand the depth of your despair, our Savior, Jesus Christ, understands. He suffered more than we can possibly imagine, and He did it for us; He did it for you. You are not alone.” FeelsHeartMaySeemsYoungFatherJesusChristChurchGriefCompassionImagineMy HeartSorrowDespairAngelJesus ChristAnd LoveFilledDepthDearBelovedHeavenlySaviorNot AloneHeavenly FatherSavior Jesus Author:Dieter F. Uchtdorf
“Christ walked the path every mortal is called to walk so that he would know how to succor and strengthen us in our most difficult times. He knows the deepest and most personal burdens we carry. He knows the most public and poignant pains we bear. He descended below al such grief in order that he might lift us above it. There is no anguish or sorrow or sadness in life that he has not suffered in our behalf and borne away upon his own valiant and compassionate shoulders.” KnowsMightPainOrderDifficultChristWalksGriefKnow HowPathSadnessBearsSorrowBurdenShouldersMortalsLiftsAlsCompassionateAnguishBehalfDifficult TimesPoignantValiantLds Author:Jeffrey R. Holland
“The truly happiest, sweetest, tenderest homes are not those where there has been no sorrow, but those which have been overshadowed with grief, and where Christ's comfort was accepted. The very memory of the sorrow is a gentle benediction that broods ever over the household, like the afterglow of sunset, like the silence that comes after prayer.” Has BeensHomeChristMemoriesPrayerGriefSilenceSorrowComfortBlessingBurdenAcceptedGentleHouseholdSweetestBenediction Author:J.R. Miller
“Because Jesus Christ suffered greatly, He understands our suffering. He understands our grief. We experience hard things so that we too may have increased compassion and understanding for others.” MayHardSufferingJesusUnderstandingChristGriefCompassionJesus ChristHard Things Author:Joseph B. Wirthlin
“Christ took your cup of grief, your cup of the curse, pressed it to his lips, drank it to its dregs, then filled it with his sweet, pardoning, sympathizing love, and gave it back for you to drink, and to drink forever!” ChristGriefForeverSweetDrinkFilledLipsCupsCurseDrankDregs Author:Octavius Winslow