"At . . . moments of crisis and challenge, some choose to abandon faith just at the time when it most needs to be embraced. Prayer is ignored at the very hour when it needs to be intensified.

Virtue is carelessly tossed aside when it needs to be cherished.

God is forsaken in the all-too-human yet mistaken fear that He has forsaken us.

"The truth is that our only safety, our only security, our only hope is to hold fast to that which is good.

As the mists of darkness gather around us, we are only lost if we choose to

let go of the iron rod, which is the word of God."

~~David S. Baxter