There are some things good but not pleasant, as sorrow and affliction. Sin is pleasant, but unprofitable; and sorrow is profitable, but unpleasant. As waters are purest when they are in motion, so saints are generally holiest when in affliction.
— William Secker (d. 1681), Geistlicher und religiöser Schriftsteller
Topics: Suffering & the Question of God, Growth & Character, Illness & Weakness
Occasions: For Reflection, Comfort
William Secker
William Secker († 1681) war ein englischer protestantischer Geistlicher und Schriftsteller des 17. Jahrhunderts, der unter anderem in London und Essex wirkte. Er stand der puritanischen Bewegung nahe und wurde vor allem durch Schriften wie „The Nonsuch Professor“ bekannt, die mit bildhaften Aphorismen zu einer verbindlichen und demütigen Glaubenspraxis aufrufen. Für Bibelleser bieten seine pointierten Sentenzen bis heute prägnante Impulse zur Selbstprüfung und praktischen Lebensführung.
All quotes by William Secker (15)
In our own woundedness, we can become sources of life for others.
Henri Nouwen
Ultimately mourning means facing what wounds us in the presence of One who can heal.
Henri Nouwen
C.S. Lewis
When we are crushed like grapes, we cannot think of the wine we will become.
Henri Nouwen
He has chosen not to heal me, but to hold me. The more intense the pain, the closer His embrace.
Joni Eareckson Tada
Etty Hillesum
God writes straight even on crooked lines.
Paul Claudel
God lets us walk no path that he himself has not walked, and on which he does not go ahead of us.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer