When we fixate on the worst in something, we render ourselves incapable of fixing anything... But attend to the good in something - and we act towards the best in everything.

The prayers we weave into the matching of socks, the stirring of oatmeal, the reading of stories, they survive fire.

The brave who focus on all things good and all things beautiful and all things true, even in the small, who give thanks for it and discover joy even in the here and now, they are the change agents who bring fullest light to all the world.

Joy is the realest reality, the fullest life, and joy is always given, never grasped. God gives gifts and I give thanks and I unwrap the gift given: joy.

Without God’s Word as a lens, the world warps

I only live the full life when I live fully in the moment.

Every moment I live, I live bowed to something. And if I don't see God, I'll bow down before something else.