Obedience is a foundational stepping-stone on the path of God’s will.

It's one thing to have a goal, but it's quite another thing to actually accept the challenge, develop a strategy to press for the goal, make the sacrifices, pay the price to move forward, and blessing of blessing, to realize some part of it.

Little choices determine habit; Habit carves and molds character. Which makes the big decisions.

Let every hindrance to joy become the soil out of which joy blossoms.

Expectations destroy our peace of mind. They are future disappointments, planned out in advance.

Plotting is difficult for me, and always has been. I do that before I actually start writing, but I always do characters, and the arc of the story, first... You can't do anything without a story arc. Where is it going to begin, where will it end.

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