Where reasons are given, we don't need faith. Where only darkness surrounds us, we have no means for seeing except by faith.

What sort of world might it have been if Eve had refused the servants offer and had said to him instead, “let me not be like God. Let me be what I was made to be - let me be a woman'?

Jesus loved the will of His Father. He embraced the limitations, the necessities, the conditions, the very chains of His humanity as He walked and worked here on earth, fulfilling moment by moment His divine commission and the stern demands of His incarnation. Never was there a word or even a look of complaint.

We cannot give our hearts to God and keep our bodies for ourselves

Things happen which would not happen without prayer. Let us not forget that.

The God who created, names, and numbers the stars in the heavens also numbers the hairs of my head..He pays attention to very big things and to very small ones. What matters to me matters to Him, and that changes my life.

I have one desire now - to live a life of reckless abandon for the Lord, putting all my energy and strength into it.