I am convinced now that virtually every destructive behavior and addiction I battled off and on for years was rooted in my (well-earned) insecurity.

If you are still alive, then God is NOT finished with you!

Whatever crisis you are going through, fruit will come from it. Allow the crisis to bring fruit.

When we end up in a situation where we have been rejected, there is an acceptance in Christ of a new place He is going to take us. It is like nothing we have ever experienced. You are accepted in Christ, never rejected by Him.

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

We long to find someone who has been where we've been, who shares our fragile places, who sees our sunsets with the same shades of blue. Soul mates. They somehow validate the depth of our experiences.

I don't know what kind of courage it took thousands of years ago, but I know how courageous women need to be today.