Olivia

“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

“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

“All my springs of joy are in you” (Ps. 87:7 NASB).”
― L.B. Cowman, Streams in the Desert: 366 Daily Devotional Readings

“These springs flow through the low places, the difficult places, the desert places, the lonely places, and even the ordinary places of life. And no matter what our situation may be, these springs can always be found.”
― L.B. Cowman, Streams in the Desert: 366 Daily Devotional Readings