It is not on our forgiveness any more than on our goodness that the world's healing hinges, but His. When He tells us to love our enemies, He gives, along with the command, the love itself.

Children need the wisdom of their elders; the aging need the encouragement of a child's exuberance.

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

Trying to do the Lord's work in your own strength is the most confusing, exhausting, and tedious of all work. But when you are filled with the Holy Spirit, then the ministry of Jesus just flows out of you.

In order to realize the worth of the anchor we need to feel the stress of the storm.

Child, you have to learn to see things in the right proportions. Learn to see great things great and small things small.

Some knowledge is too heavy for children. When you are older and stronger, you can bear it. For now you must trust me to carry it for you. And I was satisfied. More than satisfied--wonderfully at peace. There were answers to mmy hard questions--for now, I was content to leave them in my father's keeping.