"Think of how He has borne with you, and still bears with you, when so much in your life is unworthy of Him and you have so richly deserved rejection. Learn to marvel at His (God's) patience"- J. I Packer

"if He (God) also puts thorns in your bed it is only to awaken you from teh sleep of spiritual death- and to make you rise up to seek His mercy" - Whitefield