The deepest courage we can exercise is continuing to believe in our dreams until we make them come true.

O God give us serenity to accept what cannot be changed courage to change what should be changed and wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.

I'm not afraid to fail...I'm scared to death of dying and having the Lord say to me, 'Angelica, this is what you might have done had you trusted more.

A serious illness or a death advertises the doctor exactly as a hanging advertises the barrister who defended the person hanged.

We do well to remember that the Bible has far more to say about how to live during the journey than about the ultimate destination.

Faith in God offers no insurance against tragedy. Nor does it offer insurance against feelings of doubt and betrayal. If anything, being a Christian complicates the issue. If you believe in a world of pure chance, what difference does it make whether a bus from Yuba City or one from Salina crashes? But if you believe in a world ruled by a powerful God who loves you tenderly, then it makes an awful difference.

We truly live only one day at a time. It doesn't really help to worry about the future, which we can't control, or the past, which we can't change.

They [Old Testament] taught me about Life with God: not how it is supposed to work, but how it actually does work.

Oswald Chambers once said that the Psalms teach you how to pray; Job teaches you how to suffer; the Song of Solomon teaches you how to love; Proverbs teaches you how to live; and Ecclesiastes teaches you how to enjoy.

Faith, I've concluded, means believing in advance what will only make sense in reverse.

The question {WHY}, though, never goes away-- not for me, not for anybody. We keep groping toward light while living in darkness.

instruct the ignorant, counsel the doubtful, admonish sinners, bear wrongs patiently, forgive offences willingly, comfort the afflicted, pray for the living and the dead.