When we don't understand and don't agree with the way life has gone, we are to bow before God and once again confess that we can't understand His wisdom. In faith, we are to accept His wisdom, His Word, and His workings, trusting in Him and obeying His commands.

Gentleness is strength under control. It is the ability to stay calm, no matter what happens.

Let every hindrance to joy become the soil out of which joy blossoms.

When God is in sharp focus, then life is also undistorted.

A powerful truth is that if we love the Lord, love His Word, love His people, and love one another, we won't want to gossip.

The degree of our spiritual strength will be in direct proportion to the time we spend in God's Word.

Of all my children, you were always the hardest on yourself. You were always looking for the right way to behave, so concerned you might make a mistake. But, darling, there are no mistakes. There are only our wishes, our actions, and the consequences that follow both. There are only events, how we cope with them, and what we learn from the coping." "That's too easy," he said. "On the contrary. It's monumentally difficult.