Looking for honest ways to lift one another would . . . be more beneficial to our own self-esteem, for we would see more good in ourselves. We would cease to be so critical of our weaknesses and would find ways to allow our weaknesses to become strengths with God's help.

I know sanctification comes not with any particular calling, but with genuine acts of service, often for which there is no specific calling.

We cannot lead or draw others to Christ unless we stand closer to Him than they do.

Mother lode of learning.

You must not mistake passing local cloud cover, for general darkness.

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

The great challenge is to refuse to let the bad things that happen to us do bad things to us. That is the crucial difference between adversity and tragedy.