continually we look at things about us without seeing more than a very little of what is there.

Let nothing be said about anyone unless it passes through the three sieves: Is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary?

When I consider the cross of Christ, how can anything that I do be called sacrifice?

We have all eternity to celebrate the victories but only a few hours before sunset to win them.

It is great to be faced with the impossible, for nothing is impossible if one is meant to do it. Wisdom will be given, and strength. When the Lord leads, He always strengthens.

If you would live in victory . . . you must refuse to be dominated by the seen and the felt.

He said "Love...as I have loved you." We cannot love too much.

If you have never been hurt by a word from God, it is probably that you have never heard God speak.

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

All along, let us remember we are not asked to understand, but simply to obey.

It is a safe thing to trust Him to fulfill the desires which He creates

You can take my heart, you can take my breath when you pry it from my cold, dead chest.

We are all of the same substance, the same life. Though there are many differences between us, those are merely the shadows that delineate our boundaries. Our light is the same.

Amazing how too much passion in one part of your life can destroy passion in other parts of your life.

Loyalty is smart with patience.

When bad things happen to you, become wiser, not bitter.

And I tend to listen to NPR when I'm not writing.

Break a leg up there, and I'll be down here hopefully breaking someone elses.

The freedom to be an individual is the essence of America.

When we stop and reflect things begin to happen and sometimes we get the essence of God when we are just quiet.

Highly fed and lowly taught.