Eugene H. Peterson Quotes about Pain

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Real faith is refined in the fires and storms of pain.

Real faith is refined in the fires and storms of pain.

Eugene H. Peterson

Faith, Religious, Pain

The gospel is never about everybody else; it is always about you, about me. The gospel is never truth in general; it's always a truth in specific. The gospel is never a commentary on ideas or cultures or conditions; it's always about actual persons, actual pains, actual troubles, actual sin; you, me; who you are and what you've done; who I am and what I've done.

Eugene H. Peterson

Pain, Who I Am, Ideas

Eugene H. Peterson (1997). “Leap over a wall: earthy spirituality for everyday Christians”

The hard work of sowing seed in what looks like perfectly empty earth has a time of harvest. All suffering, pain, emptiness, disappointment is seed: sow it in God and He will, finally, bring a crop of joy from it.

Eugene H. Peterson

Pain, Disappointment, Hard Work

Eugene H. Peterson (2012). “A Long Obedience in the Same Direction: Discipleship in an Instant Society”, p.100, InterVarsity Press