Don't bother to give God instructions; just report for duty.

When I try, I fail. When I trust, He succeeds.

We can’t solve problems for others. We can introduce them to the Lord.

If it’s dark everywhere, you can become so discouraged. You might doubt whether light still exists. But even if you can’t see the Lord, He sees you and me. Jesus said, 'And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age' (Matt. 28:20). When it’s necessary, He suddenly says, 'I’m still here!'

God buries our sins in the depths of the sea and then puts up a sign that reads, "No fishing."

Mama's love had always been the kind that acted itself out with soup pot and sewing basket. But now that these things were taken away, the love seemed as whole as before. She sat in her chair at the window and loved us. She loved the people she saw in the street-- and beyond: her love took in the city, the land of Holland, the world. And so I learned that love is larger than the walls which shut it in.

We are born into God’s kingdom when we ask the Lord Jesus to come into our lives. But this is only the beginning.