Quotes of Note about God’s Healing for Life’s Losses, Part 5

Note: The following Quotes of Note are excerpted with permission from Chapter 4 of God’s Healing for Life’s Losses.

“Crying out to God empties us so there is more room in us for God.”

“Crying out to God is reaching up with open palms and pleading eyes in the midst of darkness and doubt.”

“Crying out to God is a faith-based plea for mobilization in which I humbly ask God for help based upon my admission that I can’t survive without Him.”

“God whispers to us in our pleasures . . . but shouts in our pains: it is His megaphone to rouse deaf world” (C. S. Lewis).

“Suffering is God’s primary way of uprooting our self-reliance and complacency. He uses suffering to gain our attention.”

“Suffering is a slap in the face, the shock of icy water, a bloodied nose; meant to snatch our attention. Crying out to God is our admission that God has our attention, that God has us.”

“If facing suffering is wrestling face-to-face with God, then crying out to God is crying “Uncle.” Or, to use the current image—tapping out—admitting defeat.”

“Psalm 56:8 teaches that we pray our tears and God collects them in His bottle.”

Psalm 72:12 assures us, “For he will deliver the needy who cry out” (KJV—when he crieth).

Psalm 34 reminds us, “The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears them; he delivers them from all their troubles. The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit” (Psalm 34:17-18).

“When we cry out, we entreat God to help because expressed neediness compels God’s very character to act. God acts on voiced pain.”

“David wept until he had no strength left, but then he found strength in the LORD” (1 Samuel 30:6).

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