There is a kind of silence that goes beyond not speaking ill of others: it is inner silence, especially about oneself. This silence requires a person to control their imagination—avoiding repeatedly reliving what they heard or said, or getting lost in fanciful…

God knows every human being completely. Not even the most hidden thought—the one a person avoids facing—is concealed from His eyes. As someone comes to truly know themselves, they begin to see themselves more as God sees them. Then, with humility, they…

When the heart is heavy, it reveals that God’s will is not yet the sweetest thing to the soul. It shows that true freedom—the freedom that comes through obedience to the Father—has not yet been fully understood. It is a sign that…