This hard place in which you perhaps find yourself is the very place in which God is giving you opportunity to look only to Him, to spend time in prayer, and to learn long-suffering, gentleness, meekness - in short, to learn the depths of the love that Christ Himself has poured out on all of us.

The husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the Head of the Church. And the wife is there to bless and support and help him.

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

It would seem that unless we see through and beyond the physical, we shall not even see the physical as we ought to see it: as the very vehicle for the glory of God

No one whose first concern is feeling good can be a disciple. We are called to carry a cross and to glorify God.

Restlessness and impatience change nothing except our peace and joy. Peace does not dwell in outward things, but in the heart prepared to wait trustfully and quietly on Him who has all things safely in His hands.

Of all things difficult to rule, none were more so than my will and affections.