Keep trying. It's only from the valley that the mountain seems high.
Fallen man is both terrified of vulnerability and committed to maintaining independence.
Joy is the settled assurance that God is in control of all the details of my life, the quiet confidence that ultimately everything is going to be all right, and the determined choice to praise God in all things.
When you are wanting to comfort someone in their grief take the words 'at least' out of your vocabulary. In saying them you minimise someone else's pain. . . Don't take someone else's grief and try to put it in a box that YOU can manage. Learn to truly grieve with others for as long as it may take.
That's the essence of our faith. It's living with hope in the face of mystery. We live a life of faith completely full of hope, staring mystery right in the face. You can't have one without the other. Your faith won't survive without hope, and hope won't survive without the realization that there are mysteries that will not be answered. If you can embrace both, you can have a vibrant faith.
In the United States, if one family out of every four churches adopted a child, there would be no orphans in the country
I would rather walk every day in the darkness with a God who remains a mystery to me than in the light with a God I completely understand.
Listening to both sides does not necessarily bring about a correct judgment.
Obedience to lawful authority is the foundation of manly character.
Tomb, thou shalt not hold Him longer; Death is strong, but Life is stronger; Stronger than the dark, the light; Stronger than the wrong, the right; Faith and Hope triumphant say Christ will rise on Easter Day.
All reformations seem formidable before they are attempted.