I believe a woman, in order to be a good wife, must be (among other things) both sensual and maternal.

But the things that we feel most deeply we ought to learn to be silent about, at least until we have talked them over thoroughly with God.

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

Sometimes we want things we were not meant to have. Because he loves us, the Father says no. Faith trusts that no. Faith is willing not to have what God is not willing to give. Furthermore, faith does not insist upon an explanation. It is enough to know His promises to give what is good-he knows so much more about us than we do.

Discipline, for the Christian, begins with the body. We have only one. It is this body that is the primary material given to us for sacrifice. We cannot give our hearts to God and keep our bodies for ourselves.

Remind me that not everything needs to be said, and that there are very few things that need to be said by me.

God is God. I dethrone Him in my heart if I demand that He act in ways that satisfy my idea of justice. It is the same spirit that taunted, "If Thou be the Son of God, come down from the Cross." There is unbelief, there is even rebellion, in the attitude that says, "God has no right to do this to five men unless...