Go now and wash yourself first, for the sun will laugh at you if he sees how dirty you are.
Johanna SpyriI'll always say my prayers...and if God doesn't answer them at once I shall know it's because He's planning something better for me.
Johanna SpyriWe must never forget to pray, and to ask God to remember us when He is arranging things, so that we too may feel safe and have no anxiety about what is going to happen.
Johanna SpyriIf you have a sorrow that you cannot tell to anyone, you can go to our Father in Heaven.
Johanna SpyriGod arranges everything for us, so that we need have no more fear or trouble and may be quite sure that all things will come right in the end.
Johanna SpyriSaying good night to the mountains, the sun throws his most beautiful rays to them, that they may not forget him till the morning.
Johanna SpyriWe must pray to God everyday to show we don't forget that all gifts come from Him. But if some wishes remain unfulfilled we must show our confidence in Him, for He knows best.
Johanna SpyriGod certainly knows of some happiness for us which He is going to bring out of the trouble, only we must have patience and not run away. And then all at once something happens and we see clearly ourselves that God has had some good thought in His mind all along; but because we cannot see things beforehand, and only know how dreadfully miserable we are, we think it is always going to be so.
Johanna Spyri