An idea is a curious thing. It will not work unless you do.

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

That cross inmate of your household, who has hitherto made life a burden to you, and who has been the Juggernaut car to crush your soul into the dust, may henceforth be a glorious chariot to carry you to the heights of heavenly patience and long-suffering.

If our hearts are full of our own wretched "I ams" we will have no ears to hear His glorious, soul-satisfying "I Am."

God will help us become the people we are meant to be, if only we will ask Him

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

Before the acorn can bring forth the oak, it must become itself a wreck. No plant ever came from any but a wrecked seed.