We live in an age of mediocrity.
What is courage? It is the ability to be strong in trust, in conviction, in obedience. To be courageous is to step out in faith - to trust and obey, no matter what.
When life is difficult, God wants us to have a faith that trusts and waits.
God is in control and therefore in everything I can give thanks.
Love has its source in God, for love is the very essence of His being.
If you are God's child, you are no longer bound to your past or to what you were. You're a new creature in Jesus Christ.
As I am generous towards others. . . As I see a person in need and don't just say, 'God bless you. ' I am proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
It is in the act of offering our hearts in faith that something in us transforms. . . proclaiming that we no longer stand on the sidelines but are leaping directly into the center of our lives, our truth, our full potential.
I don't have the illusion that there's any position or role in the world with as much potential for bringing about change as that of president of the United States.
It's important that we share our experiences with other people. Your story will heal you and your story will heal somebody else. When you tell your story, you free yourself and give other people permission to acknowledge their own story
Writing isn't just a job that stops at six thirty. . . It's a mad, sexy, sad, scary, ruthless, joyful, and utterly, utterly personal thing. There's not the writer and then me; there's just me. All of my life connects to the writing. All of it.