It is of course evident that everything in one's religious life depends upon the sort of God one worships. The character of the worshiper must necessarily be molded by the character of the object worshipped. If it is a cruel and revengeful God, or a selfish and unjust God, the worshiper will be cruel, and revengeful, and selfish, and unjust, also. If it is a loving, tender, forgiving, unselfish God, the worshiper will be loving, and tender, and forgiving, and unselfish, as well.

If we want to be comforted, we must make up our minds to believe every single solitary word of comfort God has ever spoken.

Of all hateful occupations, housekeeping is to my mind the most hateful.

Somehow even tragedies seem less tragical, when you are the actors in them, than they look to outsiders

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

God loves us, and the will of love is always blessing for its loved ones.

How often we say about our earthly friends, "I really would like to have a good quiet settled talk with them so that I can really get to know them." And shouldn't we feel the same about our Heavenly Friend, that we may really get to know Him? These thoughts have taught me the importance of the children of God taking time to commune daily with their Father, so that they may get to know His mind and to understand better what His will is.