Book excerpt: Life offers us a series of trials and hardships, and how we react to these tribulations depends on what we take into them. When we face trials with anxiety, fear, or bitterness, we will find that they only change us for the worse. But when we carry along God's promises of provision, protection, and peace, our life's trials can change us for the better. In Guided by God's Promises, beloved writer Elisabeth Elliot shows readers how to gird themselves with the comfort and assurance of God's love and promises as they enter the conflict. With God at our side, she says, we can weather all of life's storms with faith and soul intact.