God will look to every soul like its first love because He is its first love.

Authority exercised with humility, and obedience accepted with delight are the very lines along which our spirits live.

It has actually become very necessary in our time to rebut the theory that every firm and serious friendship is really homosexual.

Those who put themselves in His hands will become perfect, as He is perfect- perfect in love, wisdom, joy, beauty, health, and immortality. The change will not be completed in this life, for death is an important part of the treatment. How far the change will have gone before death in any particular Christian is uncertain.

A noble hunger, long unsatisfied, met at last its proper food.

Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward.

We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be.