“The highest honor that God can confer upon his children is the blood-red crown of martyrdom.
The jewels of a Christian are his afflictions.
The regalia of the kings that God has made, are their troubles, their sorrows, and their griefs. Griefs exalt us, and troubles lift us.”
—Charles Spurgeon
“And he said, “These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.” (Revelation 7:14)