Will you trust God to turn your difficulties into opportunities to develop patience [... more]

When my daughter received a pair of pet crabs as a gift she filled a glass tank with sand so the creatures could climb and dig She supplied water protein and vegetable scraps for their dining pleasure They seemed happy so it was shocking when they disappeared one day We searched everywhere Finally we learned they were likely under the sand and would be there for about two months as they shed their exoskeletons Two months passed and then another month elapsed and I had begun to worry that they rsquo d died The longer we waited the more impatient [... more]

I was exploring a library on the bottom floor of a new community center when an overhead crash suddenly shook the room A few minutes later it happened again and then again An agitated librarian finally explained that a weight-lifting area was positioned directly above the library and the noise occurred every time someone dropped a weight Architects and designers had carefully planned many aspects of this state-of-the-art facility yet someone had forgotten to locate the library away from all the action In life as well our plans are often flawed We overlook important considerations Our plans don rsquo t [... more]