Today I know that such memories are the key not to the past, but to the future. I know that the experiences of our lives, when we let God use them, become the mysterious and perfect preparation for the work He will give us to do.

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.

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

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

Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart" "It is not my ability, but my response to God's ability that counts." "Let God's promises shine on your problems." "Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear.

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

when we are powerless to do a thing, it is a great joy that we can come and step inside the ability of Jesus