God often does His best work in us when He catches us by surprise and introduces a change that is completely against our own desire.

Faith is like lighting the torch that passes from one person to the next. You can't light the torch of another if yours isn't burning.

That's what this thing called Christian life is all about, isn't it. Going . . . yet not knowing. As followers of our Lord we believe He leads us in a certain direction . . . or in pursuit of a precise goal.

We need discernment in what we see and what we hear and what we believe.

Hope doesn't require a massive chain where heavy links of logic hold it together. A thin wire will do...just strong enough to get us through the night until the winds die down.

In spite of the extent to which Solomon went to find happiness, because he left God out of the picture, nothing satisfied. It never will. Satisfaction in life will never occur until there is a meaningful connection with the living Lord above the sun.

The swift wind of compromise is a lot more devastating than the sudden jolt of misfortune.