If God sends us on strong paths, we are provided strong shoes.
Interpretation
When faced with challenging situations, we are equipped with the strength and resources needed to overcome them.
This quote by Corrie Ten Boom suggests that the difficulties and challenges we encounter in life are not given to us without the means to handle them. It implies that every struggle also comes with the tools or strengths we need to navigate through them, emphasizing a belief in divine support and personal resilience.
In practice
In a motivational speech about overcoming adversity.
We never know how God will answer our prayers, but we can expect that He will get us involved in His plan for the answer. If we are true intercessors, we must be ready to take part in Godβs work on behalf of the people for whom we pray.
And our wise Father in heaven knows when we're going to need things too. Don't run out ahead of Him.
If you want to hear God's voice clearly and you are uncertain, then remain in His presence until He changes this uncertainty. Often much can happen during this waiting for the Lord. Sometimes, He changes pride into humility; doubt into faith and peace; sometimes lust into purity. The Lord can and will do it.
And for all these people alike, the key to healing turned out to be the same. Each had a hurt he had to forgive.
Today I know that such memories are the key not to the past, but to the future. I know that the experiences of our lives, when we let God use them, become the mysterious and perfect preparation for the work He will give us to do.
God never measures the mind... He always put His tape measure in the HEART
... all things are possible if you are willing to put yourself on the line. You cannot stand back and hope for the best. You have to act.
The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.
Track and field is the best way to reach out for kids. It doesn't matter how fast you are. You always want to beat someone.
Loyal and efficient work in a great cause, even though it may not be immediately recognized, ultimately bears fruit.
Self-discipline is a rigorous process at best; too many of us want it to be effortless and painless.
I knew I could do it all this time,β said Harry, βBecause I'd already done it... does that make sense?
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