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

Faith means being sure of what we hope for now. It means knowing something is real, this moment, all around you, even when you don't see it.

Nothing will convince and convict those around us like the peaceful and positive way you and I respond to our twentieth century hurts and distress. The unbelieving world-your neighbors, the guy at the gas station, the postman, the lady at the cleaners, your boss at work-is observing the way we undergo our trials.

Subdue your heart to match your circumstances.

God deliberately chooses weak, suffering and unlikely candidates to get His work done, so that in the end, the glory goes to God and not to the person.

Thankfully, God brought wise Christian friends alongside to help me discover life-transforming precepts in his Word.

When we hurt, God doesn't always give us lots of words; he gives us the Word; the Word made flesh who is intimately acquainted with our grief and suffering. That's what helps the most.