Simon & Schuster

I grew into it. It grew into me. We blurred at the edges, became an amorphous, seeping, crawling thing.

I am a person coming undone.

Otherwise I’ll fall apart. I’m going to fall apart. I am falling apart

The sky is on fire and the night has ended.

In sickness and in health?’ she asks. ‘Till death us do part?’

I shake my head. ‘Way beyond that,’ I say. ‘For ever.’

She takes my hands and leans in for a kiss. It hurts. Suddenly everything hurts

Though you don’t see Him working, you can know for certain that He is because He guarantees that He “acts on behalf of the one who waits for Him” (Isa. 64:4).

The only never you should focus on is that God will never let you down.

He had his confirmation, but he still did not have a pulpit from which to speak. So he kept seeking God.

The Lord used my grandfather in an awesome way because he obeyed Him and waited for His provision.

Waiting is sometimes necessary for you and me as well. Learning to be directed by God’s timing and wisdom—not our agenda—is one of the most important lessons we ever learn as believers.