「但...鴿子找不著落腳之地，就回到...挪亞那裡...，到了晚上，鴿子回到他那裡，嘴裏叼著一片...橄欖葉子。」－創世記 8.9-11
神知道何時用眼見的憑據來鼓舞我們，也知道何時將它收回。不論是否得到憑據，我們若能在一切的景況中都能信靠祂，那將會是何等美好！
當我們失去任何可以憑靠的事物時，我們才能了解，祂的話語和應許中對我們的記念，遠比一切外在的憑據更為真實可靠。祂若願意給我們眼見的印證時，當然是好得無比；但我們更寶貴的，是在失去眼見的印證時依然確信不移。
那些能不注重眼所能見的，單單注目於祂聖言的人，將會更多得著祂愛真實的眷顧。－特榮布爾
信靠祂；即使風雨遮蔽天日，即使似乎石沈大海，音訊全無，祂仍紀念我們每個小小的禱告，紀念我們如麻雀般微小的生命。
讚美祂；當煩擾憂愁來臨，當失去一切的珍藏心愛。看似損失，實為得著；故當讚美祂，因藉祂我們擁有萬有。
交給祂；即使一路波折無數，即使寸步難行，心中忐忑。因祂必不誤事，祂的引導信實，祂的同在確實。
遲延並非拒絕；所有的禱告都在積存在天上，下頭都有註腳記著：「我的時候還沒有到。」
神的旨意已經訂立，祂的時間也已訂下；祂劃定了我們居住的疆界，也預定了我們得拯救的時期。－選
"But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him...And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf" (Gen. 8:9-11).God knows just when to withhold from us any visible sign of encouragement, and when to grant us such a sign. How good it is that we may trust Him anyway! When all visible evidences that He is remembering us are withheld, that is best; He wants us to realize that His Word, His promise of remembrance, is more substantial and dependable than any evidence of our senses. When He sends the visible evidence, that is well also; we appreciate it all the more after we have trusted Him without it.
Those who are readiest to trust God without other evidence than His Word always receive the greatest number of visible evidences of His love. --C. G. Trumbull
"Believing Him; if storm-clouds gather darkly 'round,
And even if the heaven seem brass, without a sound?
He hears each prayer and even notes the sparrow's fall.
"And praising Him; when sorrow, grief, and pain are near,
And even when we lose the thing that seems most dear?
Our loss is gain. Praise Him; in Him we have our All.
"Our hand in His; e'en though the path seems long and drear
We scarcely see a step ahead, and almost fear?
He guides aright. He has it thus to keep us near.
"And satisfied; when every path is blocked and bare,
And worldly things are gone and dead which were so fair?
Believe and rest and trust in Him, He comes to stay."
Delays are not refusals; many a prayer is registered, and underneath it the words: "My time is not yet come." God has a set time as well as a set purpose, and He who orders the bounds of our habitation orders also the time of our deliverance. --Selected
