The greatest good suffering can do for me is to increase my capacity for God.

Faith isn't the ability to believe long and far into the misty future. It's simply taking God at His Word and taking the next step.

Nothing is a surprise to God; nothing is a setback to His plans; nothing can thwart His purposes; and nothing is beyond His control.

Heartache forces us to embrace God out of desparate, urgent need. God is never closer than when your heart is aching.

I want to stay in the habit of 'glancing' at my problems and 'gazing' at my Lord.

The weaker we feel, the harder we lean on God. And the harder we lean the stronger we grow.

Sometimes God allows what he hates to accomplish what he loves.

I'd rather be in this wheelchair knowing God than on my feet without him.

God doesn't just give us grace; He gives us Jesus, the Lord of grace.

He has chosen not to heal me, but to hold me. The more intense the pain, the closer His embrace.

Each one of us is God's special work of art. Through us, He teaches and inspires, delights and encourages, informs and uplifts all those who view our lives.

You are called to do a certain work – do it

When reality was just tilted on an axis, a world continued to spin. This is me.

You're so young, you can't know the meaning of true regret. It's never what you've done, love, it's what you've left undone.

Bottlenecks are usually at the tops of bottles.

Though wisdom is common, yet the many live as if they had a wisdom of their own.

You can make history, or you will be vilified by it.

Every relationship, every situation is part of a divinely created and highly specific curriculum for your soul growth

I was a very curious person because of my parents. They encouraged me to be as curious about as many things as I wanted.

In the journal I do not just express myself more openly than I could to any person; I create myself.

Democracy is only an experiment in government, and it has the obvious disadvantage of merely counting votes instead of weighing them.