If Jesus heals you instantly, praise him. If you are still waiting for healing, trust him. Your suffering is your sermon.

Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer (Romans 12:12).

Hope doesn't promise an instant solution but rather the possibility of an eventual one. Sometimes all we need is a little hope.

Don't get sucked into short-term thinking. Your struggles will not last forever, but you will.

God can turn any tragedy into a triumph, if only you will wait and watch.

And it is when we are out of options that we are most ready for God's surprises.

Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go. JOSHUA 1:9

Sometimes God takes his time...

The way to deal with discouragement? The cure for disappointment? Go back and read the story of God. Read it again and again. Be reminded that you aren't the first person to cry. And you aren't the first person to be helped. Read the story, and remember—the story is yours!

Without courage we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.

Poetry puts starch in your backbone so you can stand, so you can compose your life.

Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.