C. S. Lewis pointed out that some people are angry with God for His not existing, and others for His existing but for failing to do as mortals would have Him do. Instead of such childishness, we are urged to know God and to learn of His attributes.

We can be walking witnesses and standing sermons to which objective onlookers can say a quiet amen.

Eventually, there will not be enough prisons if there are not enough good homes.

Empathy during agony is a portion of divinity.

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

In racing marathons, one does not see the dropouts make fun of those who continue; failed runners actually cheer on those who continue the race, wishing they were still in it. Not so with the marathon of discipleship in which some dropouts then make fun of the spiritual enterprise of which they were so recently a part!

The issue for us is trusting God enough to trust also His timing. If we can truly believe He has our welfare at heart, may we not let His plans unfold as He thinks best?