“We do not live by feeling, but by faith. It is the duty of a Christian to begin with faith, and so rise up to feeling. You would begin with feeling, and so come down to faith, but you must begin with faith and rise up to feeling.” William Bridge“If we are to trust God in adversity, we must use our minds in those times to reason through the great truths of God’s sovereignty, wisdom and love as they are revealed to us in Scripture. We must not allow our emotions to hold sway over our minds. Rather we must seek to let the truth of God rule over our minds. Our emotions must become subservient to the truth.” Jerry Bridges“Afflictions evidence to ourselves, and manifest to others the reality of grace. And when we suffer as Christians, exercise some measure of that patience and submission, and receive some measure of these supports and supplies, which the Gospel requires and promises to believers, we are more confirmed that we have not taken up with mere notions, and others may be convinced that we do not follow cunningly devised fables.” John Newton