We're not the paragons of virtue that we'd all like to think we are. And so, to shatter that myth, God will use suffering to expose the stuff of which we're made.

Faith isn't the ability to believe long and far into the misty future. It's simply taking God at His Word and taking the next step.

Nothing is a surprise to God; nothing is a setback to His plans; nothing can thwart His purposes; and nothing is beyond His control.

Heartache forces us to embrace God out of desparate, urgent need. God is never closer than when your heart is aching.

I want to stay in the habit of 'glancing' at my problems and 'gazing' at my Lord.

The weaker we feel, the harder we lean on God. And the harder we lean the stronger we grow.

Sometimes God allows what he hates to accomplish what he loves.

I'd rather be in this wheelchair knowing God than on my feet without him.

God doesn't just give us grace; He gives us Jesus, the Lord of grace.

He has chosen not to heal me, but to hold me. The more intense the pain, the closer His embrace.

Each one of us is God's special work of art. Through us, He teaches and inspires, delights and encourages, informs and uplifts all those who view our lives.

If you reveal your secrets to the wind, you should not blame the wind forrevealing them to the trees.

Just that maybe … maybe you don’t want to change the story, because you don’t know what a different ending holds.

An ugly jar full of water is worth more than an empty beautiful one in the desert.

Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason; they made no such demand upon those who wrote them.

Things are what they are and there's no point dwelling in the past or wondering what could have been.

The smell of her hair, the taste of her mouth, the feeling of her skin seemed to have got inside him, or into the air all round him. She had become a physical necessity.

... we may remember what the Romansthought a cultivated person ought to be: one who knows how to choose his company among men, among things, among thoughts, in the present as well as in the past.

Spanking and verbal criticism have become, to many parents, more important tools of child rearing than approval.

I want to see you game, boys, I want to see you brave and manly, and I also want to see you gentle and tender.

My publisher, who was so good as a taster and editor, when she became a writer, lo and behold, it was all this feminine tosh.