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

She thought about how it was so simple with animals. They gave their hearts without question or fear. They had no expectations. They were so easy to love. If people could only be like that, no one would ever be hurt, she thought. No one would ever need to learn how to forgive.

Just as stars shine brightest in the darkest night, your joy blazes brilliantly through life's problems when you count them as joy.

We are to make a plan for the day, pray over that plan, and then proceed with that plan. When we are willing to regard the unexpected as God's intervention, we can flex with the new plan, recognizing it as God's plan.

Begin each day with God. It will change your priorities.

The Pacific Northwest, and particularly Whidbey Island, is extremely suited to be a location in a novel.

When we promote the well-being of others God has placed in our lives our service glorifies God.