Stand up in the place where [God] has put you, and there do your best. The grandest character is grown in hardship, from LB Cowman's Streams in the Desert.
I can get overwhelmed and frustrated by my lot in life, so this quote is very encouraging!
What greater testimony to the Lord's goodness can we give than to live a full and joyous life even in light of [a] great loss?, from the book Grieving the Loss of Someone You Love by Lynn Brookside & Ray Mitsch
I'm a widow and stay-at-home mother to three busy boys after losing my husband to brain cancer in February 2009. We're still grieving our loss, but God is sustaining and blessing us along the way.