I used to think I could shape the circumstances around me, but now I know Jesus uses circumstances to shape me.

No book is a chapter, no chapter tells the whole story, no mistake defines who we are. Hope makes our lives page turners.

Grace draws a circle around everyone and says they're in.

I used to hope the things I did would work; now I hope they last.

When you identify with an organization and you want to do stuff [but] you get this inexplicable 'no' - a lot of people get off the end and think, Well, God must have said no to me. No! The organization just said no to you. Find what it is that you were made to do and get on it! Go do what you were made to do.

Love God. Love people. And do stuff. That's my punch list everyday.

Start from scratch with Jesus every day and then be picky about what you add to your life.