Holiness has never been the driving force of the majority. It is, however, mandatory for anyone who wants to enter the kingdom.

Most of the time we like the idea of our own freedom. There are times when we do not at all like the idea of the freedom of others. If we suffer because of their freedom, let us remember that they suffer because of ours.

The God who created, names, and numbers the stars in the heavens also numbers the hairs of my head..He pays attention to very big things and to very small ones. What matters to me matters to Him, and that changes my life.

God never witholds from His child that which His love and wisdom call good. God's refusals are always merciful -- "severe mercies" at times but mercies all the same. God never denies us our hearts desire except to give us something better.

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

The fact that I am a woman does not make me a different kind of Christian, but the fact that I am a Christian makes me a different kind of woman.

A prayerful heart and an obedient heart will learn, very slowly and not without sorrow, to stake everything on God Himself.