After a storm comes a calm.
When we are calling to God to turn the eye of His favor towards us He is calling to us to turn the eye of our obedience towards Him.
Wherever the fear of God rules in the heart, it will appear both in works of charity and piety, and neither will excuse us from the other.
The best we can say to God in prayer, is what He has said to us.
We should take heed of pride; it is a sin that turned angels into devils.
Hard words indeed break no bones, but many a heart has been broken by them.