Treasures in the Dark Quotes

“But seeing my life with gratitude helps me notice the wonder of it all spilling from the places I might have overlooked otherwise.”
― Katherine Wolf, Treasures in the Dark: 90 Reflections on Finding Bright Hope Hidden in the Hurting

“Suffering has affirmed that God is God, and I am not. It has taken me by the hand, guided me to a crossroads, and asked, “What is it you want from God? Do you want the gifts, or do you want the Giver Himself?”
― Katherine Wolf, Treasures in the Dark: 90 Reflections on Finding Bright Hope Hidden in the Hurting

“I think suffering itself is the product of a not-right world. It’s not from God, but He does intervene in it because He loves us and doesn’t want us to be alone in the dark. Somehow, He keeps reaching into our not-right world to pull out something deeply right, which makes me wonder if all this suffering might just be a step toward the deepest kind of wholeness.”
― Katherine Wolf, Treasures in the Dark: 90 Reflections on Finding Bright Hope Hidden in the Hurting

“The truly good things in life are God’s peace, presence, and provision in the process.”
― Katherine Wolf, Treasures in the Dark: 90 Reflections on Finding Bright Hope Hidden in the Hurting

“Suffering is not the end of my story. Pain and joy can coexist. New life always begins with the end of an old life. My hope is not in any good gift but in the Giver of every good gift. God made me to do the hard things in the good story He is writing for my life.”
― Katherine Wolf, Treasures in the Dark: 90 Reflections on Finding Bright Hope Hidden in the Hurting

“Isolation is often the deepest wound inflicted by suffering of all kinds. But when the diagnosis proves chronic or the windfall never arrives or the would-be nursery sits empty, we are not sentenced to bearing the burden alone. When God sends someone sprinting toward your pain, you better open your arms wide to receive them. There is no bravery in doing the hard stuff alone. We can bear our suffering when we are willing to share our suffering.”
― Katherine Wolf, Treasures in the Dark: 90 Reflections on Finding Bright Hope Hidden in the Hurting

“Every human instinct within us recoils from exposing our pain. Inviting other people into the ugly, unresolved mess of our suffering is humiliating. And it comes at the steep price of vulnerability.”
― Katherine Wolf, Treasures in the Dark: 90 Reflections on Finding Bright Hope Hidden in the Hurting

“Before we can heal, we have to grieve what’s been lost. We have to look at our empty hands and feel the heavy absence of the thing we loved. Naming our hurts is the beginning of seeing the goodness of our lives with clearer eyes. What is grief, after all, if not leftover love? To mourn a loss is to recognize a good gift you had.”
― Katherine Wolf, Treasures in the Dark: 90 Reflections on Finding Bright Hope Hidden in the Hurting