The degree of our spiritual strength will be in direct proportion to the time we spend in God's Word.

It's easy to talk about how much you love God, but loving others reveals how much you truly do.

No matter what you do each day...or in life...doing things God's way is a matter of the heart.

It takes a lot of grace and maturity to simply forgive, but a lot of healing takes place when you do.

The English tradition offers the great tapestry novel, where you have the emotional aspect of a detective's personal life, the circumstances of the crime and, most important, the atmosphere of the English countryside that functions as another character.

Of all my children, you were always the hardest on yourself. You were always looking for the right way to behave, so concerned you might make a mistake. But, darling, there are no mistakes. There are only our wishes, our actions, and the consequences that follow both. There are only events, how we cope with them, and what we learn from the coping." "That's too easy," he said. "On the contrary. It's monumentally difficult.

The most important thing you must decide to do every day is put the Lord first.