No wonder the world needed people of faith to stand strong—they were looking to them for the smallest inkling of hope. ~page 285

Please," Jonas said, and for a second she thought he might stop her. No more hope. Instead, his gaze latched on to her with desperation. No wonder the world needed people of faith to stand strong—they were looking to them for the smallest inkling of hope.

Victory lies not only in the end goal but in the steps of faith we take every day toward that goal.

Mona, God isn't the great saboteur of dreams. He doesn't give us a dream just to make it fail. He puts that dream inside us for a reason, and He wants to help make it happen.

You've always spent your life looking forward, the destination in mind. But faith is stepping forward without knowing the destination.

how faith is about trusting God when He seems farthest away. I'm wondering if, in those moments, we have to remember what we know about God, about what He's done for us.

Stop looking at what you can't do and look ahead, to your safe landing. Visualize it.

And I realized that God hadn't abandoned me. I'd simply stopped trusting him. I thought my life had to be one way to be happy—but maybe . . ." He shook his head. "Maybe there is more for me. For us.

You've always spent your life looking forward, the destination in mind. But faith is stepping forward without knowing the destination. Your job, as a warrior of the Lord, is to listen. To walk in faith.

Reason is our soul's left hand, faith her right.

Well, the good Lord and good luck must have been with me because I did exactly what I said I was going to do.

The state of mind must be belief, not mere hope or wish.