Let Him Lead Quotes

In reference to my last post about letting the Lord lead, I came across two different quotes from books I am currently reading that directly apply to the principle in that post:

"God doesn't care nearly as much about where you have been 

as He does about where you are and, with His help,
where you are willing to go."

- Jeffrey R. Holland, Created For Greater Things (2011), p. 12

"My life is but a weaving between my God and me.

I do not choose the colors; He worketh steadily.

Ofttimes He weaveth sorrow, and I in foolish pride

Forget He sees the upper and I the underside.

Not till the loom is silent, and shuttles cease to fly,

Will God unroll the canvas and explain the reason why

The dark threads are as needful in the skillful Weaver's hand

As the threads of gold and silver in the pattern He has planned."

- "The Weaver" in Book of Poetry, ed. Al Bryant.
As quoted by John Bytheway in What I Wish I'd Known When I was Single (1999), p. 132