Among the most joyful people I have known have been some who seem to have had no human reason for joy. The sweet fragrance of Christ has shown through their lives.

I will offer to Him both my tears and my exultation. Nothing we offer to Him will be lost.

The husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the Head of the Church. And the wife is there to bless and support and help him.

The man whose eye is single for the glory of Another can be trusted.

Have we the humility to thank our Father for the gift of pain?

Choices will continually be necessary and -- let us not forget -- possible. Obedience to God is always possible. It is a deadly error to fall into the notion that when feelings are extremely strong we can do nothing but act on them.

We are not asked to SEE," said Amy. "Why need we when we KNOW?" We know--not the answer to the inevitable Why, but the incontestable fact that it is for the best. "It is an irreparable loss, but is it faith at all if it is 'hard to trust' when things are entirely bewildering?