You're right—we don't know the future," he said, kissing her again. "But we can continue to pray and trust God. The most hopeful, faith-filled thing we can do is to plan our life together.

It's times like these when the future is uncertain that we need to live our lives to the full. Don't waste time in useless worry, dear Chana, fretting over what might never happen. Worry doesn't change a single thing. Just live.

I do not know how long 'twill be, nor what the future holds for me, but this I know, if Jesus leads me, I shall get home someday . . .

Be careful what you wish for, dear. God just might move you halfway around the world someday.

but he knew that Hashem revealed His will through His Word.

but he knew that Hashem revealed His will through His Word. The way to find answers was through obedience to that Word.

No matter what came next, Daniel rested safely in the grip of his Sovereign God.

Goodbyes were like crossroads where the path divided, places where you could look back at what you were leaving behind yet glimpse the choices and possibilities that lay ahead.

What if disappointment is really the exact appointment your soul needs to radically encounter God?

Humans are very attached to outcomes. We say we trust God but behind the scenes we work our fingers to the bone and our emotions into a tangled fray trying to control our outcomes. We praise God when our normal looks like what we thought it would. We question God when it doesn't. And walk away from Him when we have a sinking suspicion that God is the one who set fire to the hope that was holding us together.

Jesus doesn't participate in the rat race. He's into the slower rhythms of life, like abiding, delighting, and dwelling—all words that require us to trust Him with our place and our pace. Words used to describe us being with Him.

Find that courageous yes. Fight for that confident no.