God still holds us accountable for the very sins that He uses to accomplish His purpose.

When we discover we are weak in ourselves, we find we are strong in Christ.

If God's love was sufficient for my greatest need, my eternal salvation, surely it is sufficient for my lesser needs, the adversities I encounter in this life.

In order to trust God in adversity we must believe that God is completely sovereign, perfect in love, and infinite in wisdom.

Most of us probably entertain either of these attitudes on different days. On a good day (as we perceive it), we tend toward self-righteous Pharisaism. On a not-so-good day, we allow ourselves to wallow in a sense of failure and guilt. Either way we've moved away from the gospel of God's grace, trying to relate to God directly on the basis of our performance rather than through Christ.

He did so because that particular infirmity uniquely fits you for the life He has planned for you.

I am not a perfect servant. I am a public servant doing my best against the odds. As I develop and serve, be patient. God is not finished with me yet.

Success needs no explanation. Failure does not have one that matters.

I'm not brave any more darling. I'm all broken. They've broken me.

We're stronger in the places that we've been broken.

It was strange how easy being tired enough made it.

He is a great fish and I must convince him, he thought. I must never let him learn his strength nor what he could do if he made his run.