Real satisfaction comes not in understanding God's motives, but in understanding His character, in trusting in His promises, and in leaning on Him and resting in Him as the Sovereign who knows what He is doing and does all things well.

I deal daily with chronic pain and, at times, my pain feels like a lemon that God "squeezes," revealing my sour attitude, peevish spirit, and tendency to complain or grumble. Did not God use my pain to expose my sin, I might - like many of us - not be aware of the sin of which I'm capable.

God cares most not about making us comfortable, but about teaching us to hate our transgressions and to grow up spiritually to love him.

Every time we go to sleep, it's a rehearsal of the day when our eyes will ultimately close and we wake up on the side of eternity.

Believers are never told to become one; we already are one and are expected to act like it.

The greatest good suffering can do for me is to increase my capacity for God.

There is this fine line between presenting to You all of my weakness and thinking that it can't be done. In Your strength, I find my own.