Blessings taken for granted are often forgotten.

Today is mine. Tomorrow is none of my business. If I peer anxiously into the fog of the future I will strain my spiritual eyes so that I will not see clearly what is required of me now!

Faith does not eliminate questions. But faith knows where to take them.

Cruelty and wrong are not the greatest forces in the world. There is nothing eternal in them. Only love is eternal.

The secret is Christ in me, not me in a different set of circumstances.

Sometimes life is so hard you can only do the next thing.Whatever that is just do the next thing.God will meet you there.

Worship is not an experience. Worship is an act, and this takes discipline. We are to worship ''in spirit and in truth.'' Never mind about the feelings. We are to worship in spite of them.

Fear arises when we imagine that everything depends on us.

If your goal is purity of heart, be prepared to be thought very odd.

God will not protect you from anything that will make you more like Jesus.

To love God is to love His will. It is to wait quietly for life to be measured by One who knows us through and through. It is to be content with His timing and His wise appointment.

The thought of being with Shay Wilder makes me want to gouge my eyes out with a butter knife

Trust is the only thing that can help relationships last a lifetime!

We can reach our world, if we will. The greatest lack today is not people or funds. The greatest need is prayer.

It is failure that guides evolution; perfection provides no incentive for improvement, and nothing is perfect.

If you've traveled independently through Tibet, Brandon Wilson's Yak Butter Blues will bring back memories...this lively memoir is sure to provide a yak-scented whiff of nostalgia.

I'm usually working on eight or 10 things at once.

The principle difference between heaven and hell is the company you keep there.

Connor smiles with mocking warmth at him, and glances at the tattoo on his wrist. "I like your dolphin.

A true man does not only stand up for himself, he stands up for those that do not have the ability to.