The house, it's already been a-settin' here for a hundred years. It'll be right here tomorrow. It's today I must be livin'.

Of course you'll encounter trouble. But behold a God of power who can take any evil and turn it into a door of hope.

God is the only one who can make the valley of trouble a door of hope.

Those who never rebelled against God or at some point in their lives shaken their fists in the face of heaven, have never encountered God at all.

Once we recognize our need for Jesus, then the building of our faith begins. It is a daily, moment-by-moment life of absolute dependence upon Him for everything

The purpose of all prayer is to find God's will and to make that our prayer

God insists that we ask, not because He needs to know our situation, but because we need the spiritual discipline of asking.

So once I shut down my privilege of disliking anyone I choose and holding myself aloof if I could manage it, greater understanding, growing compassion came to me.

Some of what I wrote bordered on blasphemy....If there was a God, He would have to be truth. And in that case, candor--however impertinent--would be more pleasing to Him than posturing.

Acceptance says, True, this is my situation at the moment. I'll look unblinkingly at the reality of it. But I'll also open my hands to accept willingly whatever a loving Father sends me.

The only time I ever find my dealings with God less than clear-cut is when I'm not being honest with Him. The fuzziness is always on my side, not His.

Some people just carry heavy hearts and more often than not it has nothing to do with you.

Be yourself! Don’t try to fabricate your personality in the guise of impressing others.

Why Worry?If its better when simpler.

My novels aren't really generated by a single conceptual spark; it's more a process of many different elements that come together unexpectedly over a long period of time.

Amateur feed on hope. Professionals work.

Remember always that the least plain sister is the family beauty.

Well, I have also believed in empowering the individual and believe there is a degree of inertia in big government that hampers the ability to respond to a rapidly evolving crisis.

The faster you blurt, the more swiftly you write, the more honest you are.

Some nights stay up till dawn, as the moon sometimes does for the sun. Be a full bucket pulled up the dark way of a well, then lifted out into light.

I was raised in the church by my grandmother who made sure we went to Sunday School, read the Bible and went to church every Sunday. Every night we read Bible stories before we went to bed.