Peace in the Hard Places...

"Loneliness comes over us sometimes as a sudden tide. It is one of the terms of our humanness, and, in a sense, therefore, incurable. Yet I have found peace in my loneliest times not only through acceptance of the situation, but through making it an offering to God, who can transfigure it into something for the good of others." ~Elisabeth Elliot

"Let this one great, gracious, glorious fact lie in your spirit until it permeates all your thoughts and makes you rejoice even though you are without strength. Rejoice that the Lord Jesus has become your strength and your song - He has become your salvation." ~Charles Haddon Spurgeon

"Then David said to Solomon his son, 'Be strong and courageous.... Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed, for the Lord God...is with you. He will never leave you nor forsake you....'" ~ 1 Chron. 28:20