The Savior knows what it's like to die of cancer.

Each of us is an innkeeper who decides if there is room for Jesus!

If we are serious about our discipleship, Jesus will eventually request each of us to do those very things which are most difficult for us to do.

The doctrine of foreordination is not a doctrine of repose; instead, it is a doctrine for second- and third-milers, and it will draw out of them the last full measure of devotion. It is a doctrine for the deep believer but it will bring only scorn from the skeptic.

The cavity which suffering carves into our souls will one day also be the receptacle of joy.

Real hope is much more than wishful musing. It stiffens, not slackens, the spiritual spine.

While most of our suffering is self- inflicted, some is caused by or permitted by God. This sobering reality calls for deep submissiveness, especially when God does not remove the cup from us. In such circumstances, when reminded about the premortal shouting for joy as this life's plan was unfolded (Job 38:7), we can perhaps be pardoned if, in some moments, we wonder what all the shouting was about.