"Remember, when you see a person of great spiritual stature, the road you must travel to walk with him is not one where the sun always shines and wildflowers always bloom. Instead, the way is a steep rocky and narrow path where the winds of Hell will try to knock you off your feet, and where sharp rocks will cut you, prickly thorns will scratch your face, and poisonous snakes will slither and hiss all around you. ~You may be tempted to run from the ordeal of a fierce storm of testing, but head straight for it! God is there to meet you in the center of each trial, and He will whisper to you His secrets, which will bring you out with a radiant face and such an invincible faith that all the demons of Hell will never be able to shake it!" ~E.A. Kilbourne, Streams in the Desert