The ladies at GirlTalk are interviewing Sharon James this week about her book on Elizabeth Prentiss. Here’s one of the questions and answers:

QUESTION: Is there a part of Elizabeth’s life that particularly stood out to you or perhaps a journal entry of hers that you especially enjoyed?

ANSWER: I love this quotation: ‘God never places us in any position in which we can not grow. We may fancy that He does. We may fear we are so impeded by fretting, petty cares that we are gaining nothing; but when we are not sending any branches upward, we may be sending roots downward. Perhaps in the time of our humiliation, when everything seems a failure, we are making the best kind of progress.’