In heaven I'll be shocked by those who aren't there, those I didn't think would be there but are. And the fact I'm there at all.

If I'm wrong about God then I wasted my life. If you're wrong about God then you wasted your eternity.

Success isn't what you've done compared to others. Success is what you've done compared to what you were made to do.

People will hurt you. But don't use that as an excuse for your poor choices, use it as motivation to make the right ones.

I’m not a Christian because I’m strong and have it all together. I’m a Christian because I’m weak and admit I need a Savior.

If you live for people’s acceptance you will die from their rejection.

Better to have a small role in God's story than to cast yourself as the lead in your own fiction.

My faith is not identified by my title. My faith is identified by how I live. Wearing the uniform is not the same as playing the game.

Instead of complaining that the rose bush is full of thorns, be grateful the thorn bush has roses. Perspective.

They ask me how Im doing. I say better than I deserve

If you aim for only wealth, beauty, fame, & power, you aim too low. Humility, gentleness, gratitude, & service is aiming high.

We made love outdoorsWithout a roof, I like most, Without stove, to make love, assuming the weather be fair and balmy, and the earth beneath be clean. Our souls intertwined and gushing of dew.

It is not that I believe that there are too many idiots in this world, just that lightning isn't distributed right.

One Life, with each other, Sisters, Brothers...

As is commonly said, ‘to start anything is simple; to develop it and bring it to a successful culmination takes great effort.’

I think I could do better in my approach to application. I think I could do better in preaching practical sermons.

Not every flying hero has a cape.

I have a very bad relationship with the future. We don't get on. We just ignore each other.

I'd like to sing songs that are mellower. I don't want to be screaming when I'm 60.

Gospel repentance is not a little hanging down of the head. It's a working of the heart until your sin becomes more odious to you than any punishment for it.

The art of poetry is to touch the passions, and its duty to lead them on the side of virtue.