With the help of the Lord, you can handle life's challenges and heartaches, even the valley of the shadow of death. What comfort your fainting heart has, knowing that in those stumbling times of discouragement and despair, of depletion and seeming defeat, the Shepherd will find you...restore and "fix" you...and follow you...until you are well on your way.

As we come to know God better, we will also find it easier to know, follow, and accept His will for our life.

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.

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

When you delight yourself in the Lord, His Word and His ways become the focus and foundation of your 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.

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