God honors a beautiful blend of gift and grit! He gives the gift, and He expects us to have the grit to practice and learn how to use it effectively.

The only reason I can hold up my head is because when He set me free He gave me my dignity back.

When the stakes are high, bow down low.

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.

Anxiety is our agitated soul scrambling for control.

Nothing will kill what you've been called to do more than comparing yourself to someone else.

...if I die suddenly, my gravestone might appropriately offer this insight into my departure: "God got tired." I require lots of work.