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.

When we don’t take God too seriously, others don’t take our leadership too seriously!

Let's pursue a walk with God so close that the spotlights of this world-be they for us or against us-are eclipsed by His enormous shadow cast on our path.

If Jesus gives us a task or assigns us to a difficult season, every ounce of our experience is meant for our instruction and completion if only we'll let Him finish the work. I fear, however, that we are so attention-deficit that we settle for bearable when beauty is just around the corner.

All that will matter forever and ever in our heavenly state is the glory that came to God through our lives.

If we remain compelled by comfort, we will miss the greatest adventures of our calling.

If you are not royalty, He is not King.