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'.

When ours are interrupted, his are not. His plans are proceeding exactly as scheduled, moving us always (including those minutes or hours or years which seem most useless or wasted or unendurable).

Ordinary work, which is what most of us do, most of the time, is ordained by God every bit as much as is the extraordinary.

The only crown Jesus ever wore on earth was a crown of thorns.

I seek the lessons God wants to teach me, and that means that I ask why.

He is always doing something--the very best thing, the thing we ourselves would certainly choose if we knew the end from the beginning. He is at work to bring us to our full glory.

No one whose first concern is feeling good can be a disciple. We are called to carry a cross and to glorify God.