C.S. Lewis

“In friendship...we think we have chosen our peers. In reality a few years' difference in the dates of our births, a few more miles between certain houses, the choice of one university instead of another...the accident of a topic being raised or not raised at a first meeting--any of these chances might have kept us apart. But, for a Christian, there are, strictly speaking no chances. A secret master of ceremonies has been at work. Christ, who said to the disciples, "Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you," can truly say to every group of Christian friends, "Ye have not chosen one another but I have chosen you for one another." The friendship is not a reward for our discriminating and good taste in finding one another out. It is the instrument by which God reveals to each of us the beauties of others.” 
― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

Ward Wiebe

"Relentless faithfulness through relentless prayer will providentially catapult you into situations you never imagined."

Margaret Werner

"There was no way that any of it could have happened without the ever-merciful hand of God: the power that simply cannot be defined, contained, or understood. And there wasn't a thing I could have done to earn it. It just was because he is! His ways are beyond comprehension or explanation."

Beth Moore

"We may not mind being under God's authority at times, but we often resist human authorities God places over us. Remember, God is sovereign. If you are where God has placed you--whether at home, on the job, or at church--He has established the authority over you to work His glory in you. And while He expects us to submit to our authorities, He also empower us for the difficult task."