“Taken as a whole, the story of Ruth is one of those signs. It was written to give us encouragement and hope that all the perplexing turns in our lives are going somewhere good. They do not lead off a cliff. In all the setbacks of our lives as believers, God is plotting for our joy.”
“The way of the superior person is threefold; virtuous, they are free from anxieties; wise they are free from perplexities; and bold they are free from fear.”
“Hell was a living place inside every membrane of flesh that temporarily passed itself off as human.”
“We must be careful what we imagine, fear, or hope for. The echoes of our thought live on in eternity.”
“Fear comes, but fear passes.”