Because God loves us, he tells us where we came from and who we are.

It was Scripture that I had hidden in my heart that quickly came to mind when my frustration felt stronger than my faith.

God's love is bigger than our failures and stronger than any chains that bind us.

God's love never quits or fails or walks away.

Revelation isn't just end time's prophecy, it's God showing off his Son and his glory and honoring us, his treasured bride, with a seat at his table forever!

Because God loves us, he lets us know exactly how to have access to him.

God stays faithful to us in spite of our repeated failures.

Loving fathers give their children boundaries so they won't get hurt and can live with peace and purpose.

I think I felt God's love the deepest when I experienced my deepest loss. Amazing how God does that!

God pursues me, he sacrificed for me, and he calls me his beloved! And, not just me... all of us.

Because God loves us, he gives us lyrics to sing when our hearts can't form words.

I sensed he was the one who might be able to see me clearly, the way I most wished to be seen.

Keep your coins, I want change.

Don't overlook life's small joys while searching for the big ones.

I have had the experience common to many women, of needing to define myself and to find my self-esteem as a person, not simply as somebody's wife or mother.

Thank God life ends—we'd never survive it. From Big Bang to weary shag, the history of the world. Our flesh is ferocious...our bodies will kill us...our bones will outlive us.

I so admire great writing done quickly, with great detail.

If there's an enduring theme in my work, it's probably the effects of class on American life.

What is reality but the dreamworld of a limited imagination.

People can make symbolic gestures but doesn't mean their life changes. One philanthropic moment doesn't make a life of renewal; of change.

Nobody loved her and she wouldn’t have liked it if they had, she considered love a serious disability.