Zitat des Tages über Trauert / Grieves:
The thing which grieves and oppresses my heart with respect to poor Scotland, is the hardness of heart manifest in the levity and cruelty with which they speak of others.
The story of Noah, like other stories in the first 11 chapters of Genesis, are archetypal. Noah's story tells us that human beings have an inherent tendency towards violence both towards their fellow human beings and towards the creation itself. The story tells us that this violence grieves God.
The person who grieves suffers his passion to grow upon him; he indulges it, he loves it; but this never happens in the case of actual pain, which no man ever willingly endured for any considerable time.
Our trials, our sorrows, and our grieves develop us.
The joys of parents are secret, and so are their grieves and fears.
He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it, is a saint; that boasteth of it, is a devil.
When may a revival be expected? When the wickedness of the wicked grieves and distresses the Christian.
We have communion with Christ in His thoughts, views, and purposes; for His thoughts are our thoughts according to our capacity and sanctity. Believers take the same view of matters as Jesus does; that which pleases Him pleases them, and that which grieves His grieves them also.