When you see people your own age afflicted and experiencing life-threatening illnesses, I think it prompts you to apply to yourself the philosophy, 'I want to do the best I know how to do every day.'

We should strive for steadiness, and for a commitment to God that does not ebb and flow with the years or the crises of our lives.

I testify that this work in which we're engaged is the Lord's work. I've felt His sustaining influence.

Our Father's commitment to us, His children, is unwavering. Indeed He softens the winters of our lives, but He also brightens our summers.

I am certain that the Lord, who notes the fall of a sparrow, looks with compassion upon those who have been called upon to part, even temporarily, from their precious children.