God alone is perfectly and consistently just. We forget; God remembers. We see an action; God sees a motive. This qualifies Him as the best recordkeeper and judge.

When I have a wrong attitude, I look at life humanly. When I have a right attitude, I look at life divinely.

The lens of fear magnifies the size of uncertainty.

Leadership is influence. To the extent we influence others, we lead them.

The secret to responsible trust is acceptance. Acceptance is taking from God's hand absolutely anything He gives, looking into His face in trust and thanksgiving, knowing that the confinement of the hedge we're in is good and for His glory. Even though what we're enduring may be painful, it's good simply because God Himself has allowed it.

Remorse is sorrow over being caught and the pain of consequences that follow. Repentance is not being concerned for ourselves but having a contrite heart.

Servants must be big people. Big enough to go on, remembering the right and forgetting the wrong.