[Bill Jensen] shared his extensive publishing background with me, and prayerfully offered to work out a proposal and to see if God opened any publishing doors? I never get over the unexpected ways of God.

Can God be counted on? Count blessings and find out how many of His bridges have already held.

On the night He was betrayed Jesus broke bread and lifted it up and gave THANKS. If Jesus can give thanks in that, can we not give thanks in all?

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

Life is so urgent and necessitates living slow. It's only the amateurs-and that I've been, and it's been ugly-who thinks slow and urgent are contradictory.

You've got to use the life you've been given to give others life

Every breath is a battle between grudgery and gratitude. Give thanks...and you win joy.