Intimacy with God is that I can come in with the honesty of my heart, tell Him how much I'm hurting.

I don't just commit sin. Apart from God, I am sinful. My problem is not just what I do; it's who I am without His nature.

If we are leading but not closely following Christ, we are misleading.

Soothing words can become just another drug we swallow to dull our pain.

Insecurity is miserable. That's the bottom line. We don't need it. We don't want it. And we really can live without it. So what would happen if we quite being accomplices in our own misery?

May our memories of kindness be long and of offenses be short.

Intimacy with God is that I can come in with the honesty of my heart, tell Him how much I'm hurting.