Joy Is Given, Sorrow Is Lent

"Sorrow is one of the things that are lent, not given.
A thing that is lent may be taken away;
A thing that is given is not taken away.

Joy is given;
Sorrow is lent.

We are not our own,
we are bought with a price...

Our sorrow is lent us for just a little while
that we may use it for eternal purposes.

Then it will be taken away
and EVERLASTING JOY
will be our Father's gift to us,
and The Lord WILL wipe away all the tears from off all faces."

-Amy Carmichael