All this beauty exists so you and I can see His glory, His artwork. It's like an invitation to worship Him, to know Him.

If you have a beautiful story, it has to have conflict. If you don't have conflict, it can't be a good story.

Book of Ecclesiastes, God is saying... Write a good story, take somebody with you and let me help

The truth is there are a million steps, and we don't even know what the steps are, and worse, at any given moment we may not be willing or even able to take them; and still worse, they are different for you and they are always changing. I have come to believe the sooner we will fall in love with the God who keeps shaking things up, keeps changing the path, keeps rocking the boat to test our faith in Him, teaching us to not rely on easy answers, bullet points, magic mantras, or genies in lamps, but rather in His guidance, His existence, His mercy, and His love.

Every creative person, and I think probably every other person, faces resistance when they are trying to create something good...The harder the resistance, the more important the task must be.

All the trees are losing their leaves, and not one of them is worried.

How disappointing would it be get to heaven and find out God created life to be enjoyed while all we did was worry?