When God Weeps Quotes

“It’s not merely that heaven will be wonderful in spite of our anguish; it will be wonderful because of it. Suffering serves us. A faithful response to affliction accrues a weight of glory. A bounteous reward. God has every intention of rewarding your endurance. Why else would he meticulously chronicle every one of your tears? “Record my lament; list my tears on your scroll—are they not on your record?” (Psalm 56:8). Every tear you’ve cried—think of it—will be redeemed. God will give you indescribable glory for your grief. Not”
― Joni Eareckson Tada, When God Weeps: Why Our Sufferings Matter to the Almighty

“God, like a father, doesn’t just give advice. He gives himself. He becomes the husband to the grieving widow (Isaiah 54:5). He becomes the comforter to the barren woman (Isaiah 54:1). He becomes the father of the orphaned (Psalm 10:14). He becomes the bridegroom to the single person (Isaiah 62:5). He is the healer to the sick (Exodus 15:26). He is the wonderful counselor to the confused and depressed (Isaiah 9:6). This is what you do when someone you love is in anguish; you respond to the plea of their heart by giving them your heart. If”
― Joni Eareckson Tada, When God Weeps: Why Our Sufferings Matter to the Almighty

“Gut-wrenching questions honor God. Despair directed at God is a way of encountering him, opening ourselves up to the One and only Someone who can actually do something about our plight. And whether we, like Greg, collide with the Almighty or simply bump up against him, we cannot be the same. We never are when we experience God.”
― Joni Eareckson Tada, When God Weeps: Why Our Sufferings Matter to the Almighty

“Words can never convey what overflows our hearts. I experience this bittersweet sadness with intimate friends. I love them so much that I want to pass through them, reach the other side, to know them fully, be one with them. Not to possess but to meld with them. I can’t on earth. I’m on the outside of their heart’s door, always wanting to get in, get closer, even while relishing in their company. My longings are eased knowing that in heaven I will “get in.” Jesus has deigned it: “Holy Father, protect them…so that they may be one as we are one” (John 17:11).”
― Joni Eareckson Tada, When God Weeps: Why Our Sufferings Matter to the Almighty