The world cries for men who are strong; strong in conviction, strong to lead, to stand, to suffer.

Teach me to treat all that comes to me with peace of soul and with firm conviction that Your will governs all.

It is when we come to the Lord in our nothingness, our powerlessness and our helplessness that He then enables us to love in a way which, without Him, would be absolutely impossible.

There are those who insist that it is a very bad thing to question God. To them, “why?” is a rude question. That depends, I believe, on whether it is an honest search, in faith, for His meaning, or whether it is the challenge of unbelief and rebellion.

In whatever God does in the course of our lives, he gives us, through the experience, some power to help others.

Accept your loneliness. It is one stage, and only one stage, on a journey that brings you to God. It will not always last. Offer up your loneliness to God, as the little boy offered to Jesus his five loaves and two fishes. God can transform it for the good of others. Above all, do something for somebody else!

Are you afraid? Remember the "fear nots" of the Bible.