The heart set to do the Father's will need never fear defeat. His promises of guidance may be fully counted upon. Does it make sense to believe that the Shepherd would care less about getting His sheep where He wants them to go than they care about getting there?

Praise and glory to God for whom nothing is too hard

But the question to precede all others, which finally determines the course of our lives is What do I really want? Was it to love what God commands, in the words of the collect, and to desire what He promises? Did I want what I wanted, or did I want what He wanted, no matter what it might cost?

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

I will offer to Him both my tears and my exultation. Nothing we offer to Him will be lost.

No marriage can survive without forgiveness. Marriage is a long term commitment between two sinners.

Worship is not an experience. Worship is an act, and this takes discipline. We are to worship ''in spirit and in truth.'' Never mind about the feelings. We are to worship in spite of them.