A 'god' who's will is resisted, designs frustrated, and purpose checkmated, possesses no title to Deity.

Instead of a river, God often gives us a brook, which may be running today and dried up tomorrow. Why? To teach us not to rest in our blessings, but in the blesser Himself.

Prayer is not so much an act as it is an attitude - an attitude of dependency, dependency upon God.

It is not the absence of sin but the grieving over it which distinguishes the child of God from empty professors.

The Bible is no lazy man's book! Much of its treasure, like the valuable minerals stored in the bowels of the earth, only yield up themselves to the diligent seeker.

True liberty is not the power to live as we please, but to live as we ought.

Grace can neither be bought, earned, or won by the creature. If it could be, it would cease to be grace.

The great mistake made by most of the Lord’s people is in hoping to discover in themselves that which is to be found in Christ alone.

Growing in grace is a deepening realization of our nothingness; it is a heartfelt recognition that we are not worthy of the least of God's mercies.

Unbelief is infectious! The unbelief of one strengthens the unbelief of another, just as the faith of one strengthens the faith of another.

Happy the soul that has been awed by a view of God's majesty

With emotions ranging from fear, grief and anger to happiness and relief, the process of bringing home a child who needs in-home care can be complicated

I used to think how dangerous the world would have been if these ants were the size of dogs. They would have cut the humans in two halves just by a single strike of their flippers.

If I actually believed that the progress of human understanding depended on our crop of contemporary novelists, I would shoot myself.

I opened the doors and windows of America, and let the air and sunshine in.

Just take it easy and celebrate the malleable reality. You see, nothing is ever at is seems, yeah this life is but a dream.

Humor is a kind of emotional chaos told about calmly and quietly in retrospect.There is always a laugh in the utterly familiar.

I'm not mad at anybody. I'm not being forced out. It is what it is. I have no reason to lie.

It's a good thing that dumplings are small because Lee Anne's goodies will make your willpower vanish as you reach for 'just one more'.

Happy are the painters, for they shall not be lonely.

I would sing myself with a tambura and just regular a cappella singing and practicing. I did that around 1973 and 1974, and I finally developed my own style of singing.