The pain of loneliness is one way in which he wants to get our attention. We may be earnestly desiring to be obedient and holy. But we may be missing the fact that it is here, where we happen to be at this moment and not in another place or another time, that we may learn to love Him - here where it seems He is not at work, where He seems obscure or frightening, where He is not doing what we expected Him to do, where He is most absent. Here and nowhere else is the appointed place. If faith does not got to work here, it will not work at all.

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

One does not surrender a life in an instant. That which is lifelong can only be surrendered in a lifetime.

The way we live ought to manifest the truth of what we believe. A messy life speaks of a messy and incoherent faith.

The way you keep your house, the way you organize your time, the care you take in your personal appearance, the things you spend your money on, all speak loudly about what you believe. The beauty of thy peace shines forth in an ordered life. A disordered life speaks loudly of disorder in the soul.

Today is mine. Tomorrow is none of my business. If I peer anxiously into the fog of the future I will strain my spiritual eyes so that I will not see clearly what is required of me now!

Worry is the antithesis of trust. You simply cannot do both. They are mutually exclusive.