I am not a theologian or a scholar, but I am very aware of the fact that pain is necessary to all of us. In my own life, I think I can honestly say that out of the deepest pain has come the strongest conviction of the presence of God and the love of God.

You will never understand why God does what He does, but if you believe Him, that is all that is necessary. Let us learn to trust Him for who He is.

God is God. I dethrone Him in my heart if I demand that he act in ways that satisfy my idea of justice.

Faith's most severe tests come not when we see nothing, but when we see a stunning array of evidence that seems to prove our faith vain.

We are not meant to die merely in order to be dead. God could not want that for the creatures to whom He has given the breath of life. We die in order to live.

Cruelty and wrong are not the greatest forces in the world. There is nothing eternal in them. Only love is eternal.

Faith does not eliminate questions. But faith knows where to take them.