God is patiently transfiguring all the notes of my life into the song of His Son.

A life contemplating the blessings of Christ becomes a life acting the love of Christ.

If I had the perspective of the whole, perhaps I'd see it? That which seems evil, is it a cloud to bring rain, to bring a greater good to the whole of the world? Who would ever know the greater graces of comfort and perseverance, mercy and forgiveness, patience and courage, if no shadows fell over a life?

It's the greatest compliment when the writer becomes invisible in the whole process.

We're not giving what we're called to give, unless that giving affects how we live - affects what we put on our plate and where we make our home and hang our hat and what kind of threads we've got to have on our back. Surplus Giving is the leftover you can afford to give; Sacrificial Giving is the love gift that changes how you live - because the love of Christ has changed you. God doesn't want your leftovers. God wants your love overtures, your first-overs, because He is your first love.

The frame of a soul was never made for fame. The frame of a soul was made to serve.

The life that counts blessings discovers its yielding more than it seems.