Words that challenge today:

"I discovered that sorrow was not to be feared but rather endured with hope and expectancy that God would use it to bless my life"
-none other than Jill Briscoe.
 
 "...in the shadow of his hand he hid me;
he made me into a polished arrow
    and concealed me in his quiver.
³ He said to me, “You are my servant,
    Israel, in whom I will display my splendor”
⁴ But I said, “I have labored in vain;
    I have spent my strength for nothing at all.
Yet what is due me is in the Lord’s hand,
    and my reward is with my God.”