Beauty is what sustains things, although beauty is underwritten by pain and fear.
Covenant community is like air. We don't miss it until we need it.
God sees us as we are, loves us as we are, and accepts us as we are. But by His grace, He does not leave us as we are.
The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe, yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope.
God looks at the anxious and says, I tore my Son to shreds for you, and you're afraid I will not give you what you need?
The basic purpose of prayer is not to bend God's will to mine, but to mold my will into His.
You don't fall in love. You commit to it.
Character survives; goodness lives; love is immortal.
Andrew said you were the best person he ever knew. " "He reached that conclusion before he saw me raise three barbarian children to adulthood. I understand your mother has six. " "Right. " "And you're the oldest. " "Yes. " "That's too bad. Parents always make their worst mistakes with the oldest children. That's when parents know the least and care the most, so they're more likely to be wrong and also more likely to insist that they're right.
Commitment is what transforms a promise into reality.
Divorce is fairly common these days, and I think many times people disregard the emotional impact that divorce has on a couple and a family, because it happens so frequently.