God never witholds from His child that which His love and wisdom call good. God's refusals are always merciful -- "severe mercies" at times but mercies all the same. God never denies us our hearts desire except to give us something better.

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

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

In order to learn what it means to be a woman we must start with the One who made her.

A man must at times be hard as nails: willing to face up to the truth about himself, and about the woman he loves, refusing compromise when compromise is wrong. But he must also be tender. No weapon will breach the armor of a woman's resentment like tenderness.

Sometimes life is so hard you can only do the next thing.Whatever that is just do the next thing.God will meet you there.

It is always possible to be thankful for what is given rather than to complain about what is not given. One or the other becomes a habit of life.