Look upon your chastening as God's chariots sent to carry your soul into the high places of spiritual achievement.

Foundations to be reliable must always be unshakable.

The mother eagle teaches her little ones to fly by making their nest so uncomfortable that they are forced to leave it and commit themselves to the unknown world of air outside. And just so does our God to us. He stirs up our comfortable nests, and pushes us over the edge of them, and we are forced to use our wings to save ourselves from fatal falling. Read your trials in this light, and see if you cannot begin to get a glimpse of their meaning. Your wings are being developed.

Let me advise thee not to talk of thyself as being old. There is something in Mind Cure, after all, and if thee continually talks of thyself as being old, thee may perhaps bring on some of the infirmities of age. At least I would not risk it if I were thee.

For the mother is and must be, whether she knows it or not, the greatest, strongest and most lasting teacher her children have.

Unless you're lead dog, the scenery never changes.

We must take our troubles to the Lord, but we must do more than that, we must leave them there.