There are no 'ifs' in God's Kingdom. His timing is perfect. His will is our hiding place. Lord Jesus, keep me in Your will! Don't let me go mad by poking about outside it.

More and more the distinction between prayer and the rest of life seemed to be vanishing for Betsie.

If you want to hear God's voice clearly and you are uncertain, then remain in His presence until He changes this uncertainty. Often much can happen during this waiting for the Lord. Sometimes, He changes pride into humility; doubt into faith and peace; sometimes lust into purity. The Lord can and will do it.

How rich is anyone who can simply see human faces.

I would much rather be the trusting child of a rich Father, than a beggar at the door of worldly men.

You are not reconciled to God if you are unreconciled with your fellow human beings.

No matter how deep our darkness, he is deeper still.