Where the Lord closes a door, somewhere He opens a window.

In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for bread to eat—for He gives sleep to His beloved.

God sometimes does try to the uttermost those whom he wishes to bless.

if you keep sowing the right seeds, the harvest of blessing will come in God's time, in God's way!

If we do the little things like they are big things, then God will do the big things like they are little things.

Instead of a river, God often gives us a brook, which may be running today and dried up tomorrow. Why? To teach us not to rest in our blessings, but in the blesser Himself.

The sad truth is, if you push hard enough, and if you're so stubborn that you must have things your way, God will sometimes allow you to undertake a project without His blessing or at the wrong time. The problem with that, of course, is when you start something in your own strength and in your own timing, you're going to have to finish it and maintain it in your own strength.

When we would say 'No way,' he would say, 'My way.' Then the ones who doubted would scramble to salvage the blessing. And the one who gave it would savor the surprise.

Every test, every trial, every heartache that's been significant, I can turn it over and see how God has turned it into good no matter what.

So plant this in your mind: "We know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose" (Romans 8:28 NASB).

Sometimes life is like that...Things that seem bad at the time are really blessings.

I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD" (Psalm 27:13 — 14). Even