Poor sinner, take heart! Remember, God knows exactly where you are, even when we don’t. If you’re in the deepest pit in the forest, His all-seeing eye can still see you. And in one of those blessed moments of salvation—at just the right time—He will send a promise so sweet that all your chains will break

off in an instant—your night will turn to day, your dawn will begin; and He will give you the oil of joy instead of mourning and the garment of praise instead of a spirit of heaviness. Believe now, and you’ll be comforted now, because the time to have faith is the time to be comforted.

Earthly blessings without Christ are like numbers without a digit in front; they amount to nothing. But when Jesus is in the mix, they become valuable. Earthly blessings without Christ are like unripe fruit, but when Christ shines on them, they become

sweet and satisfying. Earthly blessings without Christ are like a landscape without the sun, but when Jesus lights them up, they become beautiful tokens of divine love. Truly, "Christ is all and in all."