We may rest in a God who sovereign compassion takes many forms.When we trust and praise him even while groping in darkest tunnels, God's eyes light up with joy. He knows courage when he sees it.

God shows us a Man who gave His life away to the extent of dying a national disgrace without a penny in the bank or a friend to His name, and anybody who thinks he can follow Him without making the same kind of fool of himself is laboring under not a Cross but a delusion. -Buechner

No horse is tamed without being harnessed.No steam ever drives anything until it's confined. No Niagara becomes light and power until it is tunneled. No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, energized.

Doubt sees the obstacles. Faith sees the way. Doubt sees the darkest night. Faith sees the day. Doubt dreads to take a step. Faith soars on high. Doubt questions who believes. Faith answers, "I"

A pessimist is one who feels bad when he feels good for fear he'll feel worse when he feels better.

We must attack the enemy's line of communication. What we want is not more little books about Christianity, but more little books by Christians on other subjects--with their Christianity latent. -C.S.Lewis

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If I could hear Christ praying for me in the next room, I would not fear a million enemies. Yet distance makes no difference. He is praying for me.
-McCheyne