The God who controls the wheeling galaxies and who spoke before the foundation of the world must be the God who holds the smallest circumstance of your life in His hands.

But, in the words of a Portuguese proverb, "God writes straight with crooked lines", and He is far more interested in getting us where He wants us to be than we are in getting there. He does not discuss things with us. He leads us faithfully and plainly as we trust Him and simply do the next thing.

Lord, where there are interruption, it seems that the disposal of the time I had planned so well have slipped out of my hands. Help me then to remember that it has not slipped out of Yours. In Your hands, these unexpected things will be fashioned into an unexpectedly beautiful design

Strange—or is it?—that childish hopes should be answered in the will of God for this now?

Each and every decision you make, regardless of its level of intensity, is vitally important as you seek to do God's will.

Every act and choice you make is creating the real you and shaping your real life.

Life is what happens to you while you're failing to plan it.

I believe that we are solely responsible for our choices, and we have to accept the consequences of every deed, word, and thought throughout our lifetime.

For man is man and master of his fate.

When all is said and done, the weather and love are the two elements about which one can never be sure.

Every problem has a solution, although it may not be the outcome that was originally hoped for or expected.

You can be betrayed in your sleep. The whole world can tilt while you're dreaming of butterflies.