When a storm comes, bamboo bends. It doesn’t break.

It takes darkness to be aware of the light.

Joy is a deeply felt contentment that transcends difficult circumstances and derives maximum enjoyment from every good experience.

A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain....

God dramatically slew one monstrous opponent and then threw us into the arena against a stronger and more vicious foe.

peers” who make decisions with their emotional brains; especially if your client was guilty.

Sometimes it feels as if God set you on Earth with a bottle full of nasty-tasting pills called days and these instructions: Swallow one at a time. When entire prescription is finished, you may return...

It is a strange thing that the human species can only go three days without water and three weeks without food, before the body dies. Yet, so many people can go years hanging onto pain...

Though life can feel downhill like a land slide that just hit us like a Mack truck. When we come to the end of ourselves. With faith in God who understands. We find that God...

Toa msamaha kwa waliokukosea kwa sababu dhambi zilizofanya mkosane zilitoka kwa Shetani.

He felt the comfort of being part of an eternal cycle symbolized by the gold strips on either side of the black mourning band he wore. Light, dark, light. The dark was just an interval.

You know my name, not my story. You’ve heard what I’ve done, but not what I’ve been through.

One of the secrets to life, Epiphany, is to find your gifts and focus on those. Leave your liabilities in the dust of the road not taken. The world is an imperfect place. Everyone struggles....

When words can’t make it better, hold my hand and don’t let go.

We cannot be judge and jury, the hardest thing is to understand the unknown and in knowing the hidden all things are revealed giving truth.God is watcher during all moments and at the end the...

Is it possible that the reason you feel as if God doesn’t see you or your problems or care about your stress is because you are focused on you, instead of God?

The most important lesson that I have learned is to trust God in every circumstance. Lots of times we go through different trials and following God’s plan seems like it doesn’t make any sense at...

There has already been the karmic work: that what life has transformed in me, this initiation brought on, of necessity, by trials.

No matter how bad the storms of trials and tribulations get, a strong positive mind always wins in the end.

Don’t ever discount the cry of your heart. God may be working in your heart to bring about his sovereign plan.

The immediate reactions of the two superpower leaders when confronted with the gravest international crisis of their careers were much the same, shock, wounded pride, grim determination, and barely repressed fear.

It is neither trials nor relationships nor successes nor failures that define a man, but the choices he makes while handling them.

I admire people who choose to shine even after all th storms they’ve been through.

Deep, contended joy comes from a place of complete security and confidence [in God] – even in the midst of trial.

You see, Christ’s purpose can’t be derailed by your limitations or troubles. Your difficulties will not trip Him up or cause Him delays. Painful trials, which may bring you to your knees will not baffle...

Do not think, Oh, that I were delivered from all these afflictions and troubles here in this world! If you were, then you would have more ease yourself, but this is a way of honoring...

Each appointment brought fear, uncertainty and discouragement. Ann’s constant concern was, What if I have cancer?

You never know with juries. I’d take a judge every time, unless of course I was guilty.

One thing I’ve learned is that in the midst of your darkest moments of tribulation, there is no such thing as mass friends.

Until you have stood in another woman’s stilettos, you will never begin to know the year of pain she felt breaking them in.

The big test in life are God’s will just as much as the good times are his will. The trying of our faith draws us closer to him, and in the long run makes us...

Tunapaswa kujisikia furaha kuu tunapokumbana na majaribu mbalimbali katika maisha yetu, tukijua kwamba kujaribiwa kwa imani yetu hutufanya wavumilivu na wapiganaji katika Jina la Yesu, na tunapaswa kuruhusu uvumilivu katika maisha yetu kwa sababu Mungu...

It is not at all a fit place for you,” said Clementina.”Gently, my lady. It is a greater than thou that sets the bounds of my habitation. Perhaps He may give me a palace one...

There’s a difference between driving and texting. When your driving your eyes have to be open and on the road watching the cars around you, road signs, and traffic lights. Along with your mind on...

Yes, she believed God loved her. But if this whole fiasco was His idea of love . . .

Don’t underestimate the power of friendship. Those bonds are tight stitches that close up the holes you might otherwise fall through.

In a time when I need a little hope I look at a photo of where I call home and think of the moment I’ll have when I go back with my trials and struggles...

Affliction is a good man’s shining time.

As long as you are aware of the life that you positively desire, and consistently stick to its path with a courageous mindset, your trials and tribulations would become highly irrelevant.

We don’t know the final outcome, or even know how long the battle will last, but we do know the referee.

Edison was by far the most successful and, probably, the last exponent of the purely empirical method of investigation. Everything he achieved was the result of persistent trials and experiments often performed at random but...

Just like salt makes sweet taste sweeter, trials make happy feel happier.

The only way to learn strong faith is to endure great trials. I have learned my faith by standing firm amid severe testings.

The delight which the mariner feels, when, after having been tossed about for many a day, he steps again upon the solid shore, is the satisfaction of a Christian when amidst all the changes of...

Trials are a part of life, but there is value in sometimes experiencing adversity which will test (and so strengthen) our faith and also build an understanding of God and ourselves.

Failure’s Only R-E-A-L Second Chance Is Jesus! He offers another chance EVERY time you fall down and even empowers your getting back up as He guarantees at To gain this privilege in the dirty here...

Quite frankly we are both tired of the race we have been asked to run.

No one is without troubles, without personal hardships and genuine challenges. That fact may not be obvious because most people don’t advertise their woes and heartaches. But nobody, not even the purest heart, escapes life...

This thing that troubles you is only one small part of your life. Don’t allow it to be all-consuming when there’s so much more to embrace.