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

You can't get to second base keeping one foot on first.

My soul was always so full of aspirations, that a God was a necessity to me. I was like a bird with an instinct of migration upon me, and a country to migrate to was as essential as it is to the bird

God's care for us is more watchful and more tender than the care of any human father could possibly be.

Thanks be unto God which always causeth us to triumph in Christ!

The mother eagle teachers 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. An just so does our God to us.

You have trusted Him as your dying Savior; now trust Him as your living Savior. Just as much as He came to deliver you from future punishment did He also come to deliver you from present bondage. Just as truly as He came to bear your stripes for you has He come to live your life for you.