For one who has made thanksgiving the habit of his life, the morning prayer will be, 'Lord, what will you give me today to offer back to you?'

Remind me that not everything needs to be said, and that there are very few things that need to be said by me.

I realized that the deepest spiritual lessons are not learned by His letting us have our way in the end, but by His making us wait, bearing with us in love and patience until we are able to honestly to pray what He taught His disciples to pray: Thy will be done.

God will not protect you from anything that will make you more like Jesus.

A spirit of restlessness and resistance can never wait, but one who believes he is loved with an everlasting love, and knows that underneath are the everlasting arms, will find strength and peace.

When obedience to God contradicts what I think will give me pleasure, let me ask myself if I love Him.

New Year's Day is a good time to fix one's eyes on the only One who knows what the year is to hold.