The tender heart, the broken and contrite spirit, are to me far above all the joys that I could ever hope for in this vale of tears.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
There are days when my heart is troubled, and just being in the Lord's presence and thinking about His love for me fills my heart with inexplicable peace and joy.
We may thank God that we can feel pain and know sadness, for these are the human sentiments that constitute our glory as well as our grief.
When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.
Smiles, tears, of all my life! - and, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death.
If our hearts are ready for anything, we can open to our inevitable losses, and to the depths of our sorrow. We can grieve our lost loves, our lost youth, our lost health, our lost capacities. This is part of our humanness, part of the expression of our love for life.
What I cry out for, like every being, with my whole life and all my earthly passion, is something very different from an equal to cherish: it is a God to adore.
My principal anguish, and the wellspring of all my joys and sorrows, has been the incessant merciless battle between the spirit and the flesh.
Within ourselves, there are voices that provide us with all the answers that we need to heal our deepest wounds, to transcend our limitations, to overcome our obstacles or challenges, and to see where our soul is longing to go.
Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken.
When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy. When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.