If your goal is purity of heart, be prepared to be thought very odd.

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.

If you believe in a God who controls the big things, you have to believe in a God who controls the little things. It is we, of course, to whom things look 'little' or 'big'.

Loneliness itself is material for sacrifice. The very longings themselves can be offered to Him who understands perfectly. The transformation into something He can use for the good of others takes place only when the offering is put into his hands.

Cold prayers, like cold suitors, are seldom effective in their aims.

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

A grandmother's special calling is to pray and to be a fellow worker in the battle in which her children or her grandchildren are engaged.