When we hew or delve: After-comers cannot guess the beauty been.
Christ did not suffer so you wouldn’t suffer. He suffered so when you suffer you will become like Him.
God sees us as we are, loves us as we are, and accepts us as we are. But by His grace, He does not leave us as we are.
The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe, yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope.
God looks at the anxious and says, I tore my Son to shreds for you, and you're afraid I will not give you what you need?
The basic purpose of prayer is not to bend God's will to mine, but to mold my will into His.
You don't fall in love. You commit to it.
An army is a diversion of energy from the productive life of a nation.
Wisdom views with an indifferent eye all finite joys, all blessings born to die.
I'm going to beat this cancer or die trying.
Some people look for a beautiful place, others make a place beautiful.