Oh, my dears, I am sorry for all Dutchmen now who do not know the power of God. For we will be beaten. But He will not.

Worrying does not empty tomorrow of its troubles...it empties today of its strength.

There were answers to this and all my hard questions—for now I was content to leave them in my father's keeping.

Every day of my life had ended like this: that deep steady voice, that sure and eager confiding of us all to the care of God.

Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength.

and uncared for. Nor could I see the necessity for the complete undressing:

He knows every hair on your head, and he sees every tear you shed.

God's blessings, however, aren't always bigger, better, and beautiful. In fact, I truly believe that God gifts His chosen leaders with a very unusual blessing. You might even call it a weird blessing because most of the time we call it...a burden.

Will we trust that God is good even when life is not? Our response to pain and challenges determines so much about our future. If we decide to trust, we will grow in our faith, deepen in our intimacy with God, and be conformed to the image of Christ. But if we allow our hearts to drift, we'll wake up one day drowning in doubts, buried in burdens, and feeling far from the only one who can help us heal.

When you feel this burden, you might be frustrated, wondering why no one else cares as much as you do. The reason why you care and others don't could be because God has aimed it directly at you.

Whatever's on your mind is also on God's heart.

Don't borrow trouble from round the bend,