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The problem is, we’re hardwired to demand answers to questions which, if provided, would do nothing more than perplex us and plunge us further into disappointment. . . . Here’s the simple truth: The undisclosed ways of God remain locked in a vault to which we don’t have the combination. . . . As much as we want to pry into these secret things, they’re not really what we need.

“Teach me to seek thee, and reveal thyself to me, when I seek thee, for I cannot seek thee, except thou teach me, nor find thee, except thou reveal thyself. Let me seek thee in longing, let me long for thee in seeking; let me find thee in love, and love thee in finding.”

“For though light has not yet displaced the darkness, still it is no longer midnight. . . . Morn still lingers, as if struggling with prolonged twilight, or as if the sun were rising under an eclipse: but the promise of day is sure; the noon is near.”

“even at that moment all the hosts of Mordor trembled, doubt clutched their hearts, their laughter failed, their hands shook and their limbs were loosed. The Power that drove them on and filled them with hate and fury was wavering, its will was removed from them; and now looking in the eyes of their enemies they saw a deadly light and were afraid.”

“For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”

"I give you praise, Holy Spirit, for sounding the alarm when I was destroying myself, for convincing me that I was in danger, for opening my eyes to the remedy, and for persuading my wicked heart to fall in love with Jesus." (William Guthrie, p. 187)