A grandmother's special calling is to pray and to be a fellow worker in the battle in which her children or her grandchildren are engaged.

The deepest lessons come out of the deepest waters and the hottest fires.

I'm convinced that there is nothing that can happen to me in this life that is not precisely designed by a sovereign Lord to give me the opportunity to learn to know Him.

One does not surrender a life in an instant. That which is lifelong can only be surrendered in a lifetime.

If God, like a father, denies us what we want now it is in order to give us some far better thing later on. The will of God, we can rest assured, is invariably a better thing.

This job has been given to me to do. Therefore, it is a gift. Therefore, it is a privilege. Therefore, it is an offering I may make to God. Therefore, it is to be done gladly, if it is done for Him. Here, not somewhere else, I may learn God’s way. In this job, not in some other, God looks for faithfulness.

When the time comes to die, make sure that all you have to do is die!" ~Jim Elliot