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Lewis picked up his pencil and made a note in his logbook: "My God, what have we done?" As the plane headed home, the crew felt a mix of emotions, including relief that the job was done and hope that the war would now end. But something else entered the mix. “We were sobered by the knowledge that the world would never be the same. War, the scourge of the human race since time began, now held terrors beyond belief."

As it turns out, anxiety was not an obstacle that I needed to avoid; it was a portal to a person I needed to behold: Jesus Christ. And so, I learned that every trembling trial we face is another push toward Him. I now no longer ask myself, "Did I avoid the wave of anxiety today?" Instead, I ask myself, "When I feel the wave, big or little, who will I depend on?"

“It doesn't matter who you are or what you believe. There's one thing our heart and soul yearns for: Jesus. He doesn't say you come to the Father through your

goodness,
morals,
wisdom,
mystical experiences,
tolerance,
love,
or positive vibes.

No, you come to salvation, to wholeness, to truth only through Jesus. This is the endgame.”

“Jesus doesn't save those who find themselves. He saves those who die to themselves. You're not the hero. Once you come to terms with that, then true spiritual change can happen.

Thomas Watson once said, "Until sin be bitter, Christ will not be sweet". New Thought says to find yourself, but Jesus says to die to yourself. New Thought says you are born perfect. Jesus says you must be born again.”

“When confrontation seems imminent: Am I going to stay silent, or am I going to say something? If I'm staying silent, is it because I'm showing wisdom by staying out of it, or is it fear? Is this a topic that Jesus would want me to speak up about? Is this an opportunity to protect someone, to love them even if they might not like what I have to say? Am I free to fight for what is right, even when it's hard?”

“Woman, as the Enemy intends her, is a fearsome, nasty, morbid thing, all practicalities and gentleness, the so-called ‘law of kindness’ on her tongue, an interior intractability masked by a kind of calm, maddening hopefulness, courage in the face of despair, lockstep obedience to the Enemy’s demands, etc. etc. You’ve heard the rap sheet before, I dare say.” —Hoaxrot to Hemlock

“My goal is simple: to help you behold the character of God. The Bible contains no secret sauce to peace; the answers to worry and anxiety are revealed in the plain reading of God's Word. The answer to anxiety has more to do with who God is than with who we are. The answer to our worry is not to look inward but to look upward.”

“Pa believes the war will last for a long time and this makes the very act of living sad for him. Every day we hear tales of other families who cannot see the end to their terror and thus commit suicide. We live knowing we are in danger of being discovered at any moment. My stomach churns with nausea at the thought of death. But I do not know how to go on living with such sadness.”