When life gives you a hundred reasons to cry,

show life that you have a thousand reasons to smile.

Faith is the bird that sings 

when the dawn is still dark.

Faith

Without faith a man can do nothing;

with it all things are possible.

Optimism

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement.  

Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.

                                                    - Helen Keller 

On Faith

Faith isn't the ability to believe long and far into the misty future.
     It's  simply taking God at His Word and taking the next step.
                                                                   - Joni Erickson Tada

Act of Faith

If I did not believe, if I did not make what is called an act 
of faith (and each act of faith increases our faith, and our capacity for faith), 
if I did not have faith that the works of mercy 
do lighten the sum total of suffering in the world, 
so that those who are suffering on both sides 
of this ghastly struggle somehow mysteriously find their pain lifted and some balm of consolation poured on their wounds, if I did not believe these things, the problem of evil would indeed be overwhelming. 

suffering

“God’s Word empowers us not to evade suffering, but to face suffering face-to-face with God.”