By Searching Quotes

“Yes, my Master is thorough. He wounds, but He binds up, and His balm of Gilead heals without stinging; it cools, refreshes, and restores in every part. He gives the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, and brings beauty out of our ashes.”
― Isobel Kuhn, By Searching: My Journey Through Doubt Into Faith

“One symptom of being on that path is loneliness." He continues:
Nothing strengthens us so much as isolation and transplantation ... under the wholesome demand his soul will put forth all her native vigor . . . it may not be necessary for us to withdraw from home and friends; but we shall have to withdraw our heart's deepest dependence from all earthly props and supports, if ever we are to learn what it is to trust simply and absolutely on the eternal God.”
― Isobel Kuhn, By Searching: My Journey Through Doubt Into Faith

“Up to this point I have discovered that God is, and that He is mine by the mediatorship of Christ. I have discovered that He can and will teach me His way, or His plan for my life. I have found that He can overcome obstacles and that we do not need to arouse a great hullabaloo to get Him to do so. Hudson Taylor was right in his discovery: “Learn to move man, through God, by prayer alone.” By searching I have discovered that God has strange and sweet ways of manifesting Himself, at sundry times and in divers manners He is still speaking. He is just as versatile in caring for the needs of those who trust Him, and in this chapter I am going to tell how He provided for me in different ways at different times.”
― Isobel Kuhn, By Searching: My Journey Through Doubt Into Faith

“The older generation may not understand all the new scientific terms of the young generation, but they know the principles of life which never change. And it is a wise youngster who will not discard the inheritance of wisdom and experience from those who have gone before.”
― Isobel Kuhn, By Searching: My Journey Through Doubt Into Faith

“Hudson Taylor was right in his discovery: "Learn to move man, through God, by prayer alone.”
― Isobel Kuhn, By Searching: My Journey Through Doubt Into Faith