He has chosen not to heal me, but to hold me. The more intense the pain, the closer His embrace.

God points to the peaceful attitude of suffering people to teach others about Himself.

There is nothing that moves a loving father's soul quite like his child's cry.

How can we bless at one moment and curse at another?

True, God hates Alzheimer's, spinal cord injury, mental illness, autism, and the rest (these conditions are all symptoms of the Fall). Yet he permits these things to accomplish something far more precious in our lives: patience, endurance, compassion for others who hurt, and refined faith and trust in God, to name a few.

God always seems bigger to those who need him most. And suffering is the tool he uses to help us need him more.

Like art, like music, like so many other disciplines, prayer can only be appreciated when you actually spend time in it. Spending time with the Master will elevate your thinking. The more you pray, the more will be revealed. You will appreciate not only the greatness of prayer, but the greatness of God.