Have we the humility to thank our Father for the gift of pain?

When ours are interrupted, his are not. His plans are proceeding exactly as scheduled, moving us always (including those minutes or hours or years which seem most useless or wasted or unendurable).

Virginity is something that can be offered to God.

Until the will and the affections are brought under the authority of Christ, we have not begun to understand, let alone to accept, His lordship.

...Ponnammal set the example for the others by quietly doing what they did not care to do. Her spirit created a new climate in the place, and the time came when there was not one nurse who would refuse to do whatever needed to be done.

Teach me to treat all that comes to me with peace of soul and with firm conviction that Your will governs all.

One does not surrender a life in an instant. That which is lifelong can only be surrendered in a lifetime. Nor is surrender to the will of God (per se) adequate to fullness of power in Christ. Maturity is the accomplishment of years, and I can only surrender to the will of God as I know what that will is.