God begins molding a mother after His own heart on the inside-in the inner woman and her heart-and then works outward.

Perseverance is not a passive submission to circumstances-it is a strong and active response to the difficult events of life.

I attempt to write a good novel. Whether it is literature or not is something that will be decided by the ages, not by me and not by a pack of critics around the globe.

He had never thought of himself as much of a praying man, but as he sat in the car in the growing darkness and the minutes passed, he knew what it was to pray. It was to will goodness out of evil, hope out of despair, life out of death. It was to will dreams into existence and spectres into reality. It was to will an end to anguish and a beginning to joy.

Model the qualities that you want your children to show to each other.

Essentially and most simply put, plot is what the characters do to deal with the situation they are in. It is a logical sequence of events that grow from an initial incident that alters the status quo of the characters.

Replace worry with prayer. Make the decision to pray whenever you catch yourself worrying.