Everything that happens to a child of God, His father filtered and He intends to use it for the good and even when Satan and others mean it for bad because God is sovereignly in control.
Rick WarrenGod is always more interested in why we do something than in what we do. Attitudes count more than achievements.
Rick WarrenBecause God is with you all the time, no place is any closer to God than the place where you are right now.
Rick WarrenHow does God teach me love? By putting me around unlovely people. How does God teach me joy in the middle of grief? Not happiness, which is based on happenings. How does God teach me peace? Not when I am out fishing and everything is going my way and it doesn't get better than this. But in the middle of chaos. How does God teach me patience? By putting me in His waiting room.
Rick Warren