There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever.

She was a girl who knew how to be happy, even when she was sad. And that's important.

Don't cry for a man who's left you--the next one may fall for your smile.

You have liberty to cast all your cares upon him who cares for you. By one hour's intimate access to the throne of grace, where the Lord causes his glory to pass before the soul that seeks him — you may acquire more true spiritual knowledge and comfort, than by a day or a week's converse with the best of men, or the most studious perusal of many folios.

How unspeakably wonderful to know that all our concerns are held in hands that bled for us.

I did, however, remember a line from a book by Dallas Willard that I had read just recently: "At the beginning of each morning I commit my day to the Lord's care. . . . I have already placed God in charge. I no longer have to manage the weather, airplanes, and other people.

All of life is peaks and valleys. Don't let the peaks get too high and the valleys too low.

May the Lord bless the family and strengthen it in this moment of crisis

Curse us and crush us, my precious is lost!

Can't you see the Creator of the universe, who understands every secret, every mystery, sitting patiently and listening to a four-year-old talk to Him? That's a beautiful image of a father.

Be not miserable about what may happen tomorrow. The same everlasting Father, who cares for you today, will care for you tomorrow.

Acceptance says, True, this is my situation at the moment. I'll look unblinkingly at the reality of it. But I'll also open my hands to accept willingly whatever a loving Father sends me.