The heart set to do the Father's will, need never fear defeat.

Lonely? Give it to Jesus. The loneliness itself is material for sacrifice.

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.

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

Is the distinction between living for Christ and dying for Him so great? Is not the second the logical conclusion of the first?

The difficulty is to keep a tight reign on our emotions. They may remain, but it is not they who are to rule the action. They have no authority. A life lived in God is not lived on the plane of the feelings, but of the will. In Scripture the heart is the will - the man himself, the spring of all action, the ruling power bestowed on him by his Creator, capable of choosing and acting.

The will of God is never exactly what you expect it to be. It may seem to be much worse, but in the end it's going to be a lot better and a lot bigger.