Whenever I read the psalms, I feel like I am eavesdropping on a saint having a personal conversation with God.

Why do bad things happen to good people? That only happened once and He volunteered.

A god who is all love, all grace, all mercy, no sovereignty, no justice, no holiness, and no wrath is an idol.

To know that God knows everything about me and yet loves me is indeed my ultimate consolation.

When there’s something in the Word of God that I don’t like, the problem is not with the Word of God, it’s with me.

It is one thing to believe in God; it is quite another to believe God.

God is not going to negotiate His holiness... in order to accommodate us.

Sin is not simply making bad choices or mistakes. Sin is having the desire in our hearts to do the will of the enemy of God.

We have to determine our theology from the Word of God, not from what we feel.

We are secure, not because we hold tightly to Jesus, but because He holds tightly to us.

God does not rule by the consent of His subjects but by His sovereign authority. His reign extends over me whether I vote for Him or not.

Each day the sun kisses the earth goodnight yet now two sunsets are alike

I've been trying to garden all my life - it just happens that I haven't had a big garden...until the past few years.

People are lonely, and only animals with fancy shoes.

I just try to feel good in my own skin as much as I can.

When we talk about the future, we often talk about it as damage and limitation exercise. That needn't be the case - it could be a Renaissance.

Sometimes I just want to gobble you whole, eat you alive. You're so gorgeous. You're so beautiful.

I like getting up in the morning, and I like better having something to do when I get up in the morning.

Childhood decisions do not have to define you.

Learn - improve - grow - live. Learn as if you might live forever and you'll live as if you might die tomorrow.

Fear is a survival instinct; fear in its way is a comfort for it means that somewhere hope is alive.