Scripture: John 15:1-17
“The most beautiful people … are those who have known defeat, known suffering, struggle, and loss, and have found their way out of those depths.”
—Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
“Heaven will work backwards and turn even … agony into a glory.”
—C.S. Lewis
“On her website, Joni (Eareckson Tada) summarizes these same sentiments in a single sentence, where she says that God will permit what he hates in order to accomplish what he loves. How can she say something like this? I suspect that it has to do with her deep awareness of the cross of Jesus, where God permitted what he hates (the violent marring and death of his only begotten Son) to accomplish what he loves (salvation for sinners, whom he loves).”
—Scott Sauls
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