Although the threads of my life have often seemed knotted, I know, by faith, that on the other side of the embroidery there is a crown.

Faith sees the invisible, believes the unbelievable, and receives the impossible.

If you look at the world, you'll be distressed. If you look within, you'll be depressed. If you look at God you'll be at rest.

When a train goes through a tunnel and it gets dark, you don't throw away the ticket and jump off. You sit still and trust the engineer.

Jesus did not promise to change the circumstances around us. He promised great peace and pure joy to those who would learn to believe that God actually controls all things.

Forgiveness is setting the prisoner free, only to find out that the prisoner was me.

Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire?

Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.

This is what the past is for! Every experience God gives us, every person He puts in our lives is the perfect preparation for the future that only He can see.

In order to realize the worth of the anchor we need to feel the stress of the storm.

Forgiveness is the key that unlocks the door of resentment and the handcuffs of hatred. It is a power that breaks the chains of bitterness and the shackles of selfishness.

Sensible people get the greater part of their own dying done during their own lifetime

The glory of victory softens our view of past frailties.

Your salvation is a free gift, made possible only because God planned it . . .Christ paid for it . . . and the Holy Spirit assures you of it.

Some women are naturally thin. But there needs to be an appreciation for a variety of types of women because we don't all come in one package. We're not pre-destined to all be a size six.

That's the scary thing about hope," she said. "If you let it go too long it turns into faith.

Our acts our angels are, for good or ill, our fatal shadows that walk by us still.

Being a nerd really pays off sometimes.

There are days when I'm alone with my thoughts, which is to say, not alone enough.

I think you need brains to do any Shakespeare with any authority. I could do Shakespeare, but not with any authority.

I grew up watching my mom in the kitchen, that's how I know anything about cooking. I've always wanted to go to a culinary class actually.