Growing is a lifetime job, and we grow most when we're down in the valleys, where the fertilizer is.

We can choose to gather to our hearts the thorns of disappointment, failure, loneliness, and dismay in our present situation. Or we can gather the flowers of God's grace, boundless love, abiding presence, and unmatched joy. I choose to gather the flowers.

Allow your dreams a place in your prayers and plans. God-given dreams can help you move into the future He is preparing for you.

Pain is inevitable. Misery is optional

A lot of kneeling keeps one in good standing.

Motherhood: if it were going to be easy, it never would have started with something called labor.

Never let a problem to be solved become more important than a person to be loved.