But the kind of love that God created and demonstrated is a costly one because it involves sacrifice and presence. It's a love that operates more like a sign language than being spoken outright.

Fear will give us a reason not to try; hope will give us a reason not to listen.

Jesus never told His friends to play it safe.

We spend a lot of energy remembering failures God spent a lot of love saying we could forget.

Living a life fully engaged and full of whimsy and the kind of things that love does is something most people plan to do, but along the way they just kind of forget. Their dreams become one of those "we'll go there next time" deferrals. The sad thing is, for many there is no "next time" because passing on the chance to cross over is an overall attitude toward life rather than a single decision.

Courage doesn't mean we're not afraid anymore, it just means our actions aren't controlled by our doubts.

What I've learned the more time I've spent following Jesus is that God delights in answering our impossible prayers.