Olivia

“Why, I asked myself, should the children of God lead such utterly uncomfortable religious lives when He has led us to believe that His yoke would be easy and His burden light? Why are we tormented with so many spiritual doubts, and such heavy spiritual anxieties? Why do we find it so hard to be sure that God really loves us, and why is it that we never seem able to believe long at a time in His kindness and His care? How is it that we can let ourselves suspect Him of forgetting us and forsaking us in times of need? We can trust our earthly friends, and can be comfortable in their companionship, and why is it then that we cannot trust our heavenly Friend, and that we seem unable to be comfortable in His service?”
― Hannah Whitall Smith, The God of All Comfort

“The greatest victory of faith is to stand at the shore of the impassable Red Sea and to hear the Master say, “Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today” (Ex. 14:13),”
― L.B. Cowman, Streams in the Desert: 366 Daily Devotional Readings

“There are both “upper and lower springs” in life, and they are springs, not stagnant pools. They are the joys and blessings that flow from heaven above, through the hottest summer and through the most barren desert of sorrow and trials.”
― L.B. Cowman, Streams in the Desert: 366 Daily Devotional Readings

“My goal is God Himself, not joy, nor peace, Nor even blessing, but Himself, my God; It’s His to lead me there, not mine, but His— “At any cost, dear Lord, by any road!” So faith bounds forward to its goal in God, And love can trust her Lord to lead her there; Upheld by Him, my soul is following hard Till the Lord has fulfilled my deepest prayer. No matter if the way is sometimes dark, No matter though the cost is often great, He knows the way for me to reach the mark, The road that leads to Him is sure and straight. One thing is sure, I cannot tell Him no; One thing I do, I press towards my Lord; Giving God my glory here, as I go, Knowing in heaven waits my Great Reward.”
― L.B. Cowman, Streams in the Desert: 366 Daily Devotional Readings