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To be cheerful when others are in despair, to keep the faith when others falter, to be true even when we feel forsaken—all of these are deeply desired outcomes during the deliberate, divine tutorials which God gives to us—because He loves us. These learning experiences must not be misread as divine indifference. Instead, such tutorials are a part of the divine unfolding.
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Sometimes the best people... have the worst experiences... because they are ready to learn
The great challenge is to refuse to let the bad things that happen to us do bad things to us. That is the crucial difference between adversity and tragedy.
The soul is like a violin string: it makes music only when it is stretched.
God does not begin by asking us about our ability, but only about our availability, and if we then prove our dependability, he will increase our capability.
The more seriously we work on our own imperfections, the less we are judgemental of the imperfections of others.
I fear that, as conditions worsen, many will react to the failures of too much government by calling for even more government. Then there will be more and more lifeboats launched because fewer and fewer citizens know how to swim. Unlike some pendulums, political pendulums to not swing back automatically; they must be pushed. History is full of instances when people have waited in vain for pendulums to swing back.
During our mortal schooling in submissiveness, we will see the visible crosses that some carry, but other crosses will go unseen. A few individuals may appear to have no trials at all, which, if it were so, would be a trial in itself. Indeed, if, as do trees, our souls had rings to measure the years of greatest personal growth, the wide rings would likely reflect the years of greatest moisture-but from tears, not rainfall.
We should certainly count our blessings, but we should also make our blessings count.
Never give up what you want most for what you want today.
Coming unto the Lord is not a negotiation, but a surrender.
