This way of seeing our Father in everything makes life one long thanksgiving and gives a rest of heart, and, more than that, a gayety of spirit, that is unspeakable.

We were made to be human beings here, and when people try to be anything else, they generally get into some sort of scrapes.

Those who are God's without reserve are, in every sense, content

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.

This way of seeing our Father in everything makes life one long thanksgiving and gives a rest of heart, and, more than that, a gayety of spirit, that is unspeakable.

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

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