So that godly sorrow may be discerned by this train of graces wherewith it is accompanied, that worldly sorrow wants, at least in the truth of them, though it may have some shadows of them.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Godly sorrow is a gift of the Spirit. It is a deep realization that our actions have offended our Father and our God. It is the sharp and keen awareness that our behavior caused the Savior, He who knew no sin, even the greatest of all, to endure agony and suffering.
The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
Truly, it is in darkness that one finds the light, so when we are in sorrow, then this light is nearest of all to us.
The entire world is a witness to the phenomenon that sorrows keep away from the kindhearted and compassionate.
Sorrow is so easy to express and yet so hard to tell.
Does the world have nothing inside but sorrow?
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story or tell a story about them.
In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all; and to the young, it comes with bitterest agony because it takes them unawares. I have had experience enough to know what I say.
Every life has a measure of sorrow, and sometimes this is what awakens us.
However, without considering this connection, there is no doubt but that more good than evil, more delight than sorrow, arises from compassion itself; there being so many things which balance the sorrow of it.
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