I don't really want more time; I just want enough time. Time to breathe deep and time to see real and time to laugh long, time to give You glory and rest deep and sing joy and just enough time in a day not to feel hounded, pressed, driven, or wild to get it all done-yesterday.

The book [ One Thousand Gifts] took just over a year to write, on the fringe hours, early and late, around home educating 6 kids and farming and blogging.

Instead of giving someone a piece of your mind, it turns out far better if you give them a piece of your heart.

Worry is the facade of taking action when prayer really is.

The moment when you are most repelled by a child's behavior, that is your warning light to draw the very closest to that child.

Once you have tasted conviction, you can’t bear to keep swallowing complacency.

There is unwavering peace today when an uncertain tomorrow is trusted to an unchanging God.