Pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our consciences, but shouts in our pains. It is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world.

The pain I feel now is the happiness I had before. That's the deal.

What do people mean when they say, 'I am not afraid of God because I know He is good'? Have they never even been to a dentist?

Even if there were pains in Heaven, all who understand would desire them.

I could well believe that it is God's intention, since we have refused milder remedies, to compel usinto unity, by persecution even and hardship. Satan is without a doubt nothing else than a hammer in thehand of a benevolent and severe God. For all, either willingly or unwillingly, do the will of God:Judas and Satan as tools or instruments, John and Peter as sons.

God whispers in our pleasures, but shouts in our pain.