Our actions, habits, character, and future are most definitely affected by our thoughts.

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

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

Be critical of but not brutal with your writing. If something isn't essential, get rid of it. Remember that good dialogue can serve a whole passel of purposes in your novel, and to overlook one of them is to overlook one of the tools of the craft. Like hitting a nail with a screwdriver, if you know what I mean.

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

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

Do you want to be safe from the influence, ways, and lusts of the world and the flesh (I John 2:16)? From the sins which so easily entangles us (Hebrews 12:1)? Then delight in yourself in the Lord, in His provision, in His Word. Faithfully feed on the things that possess true substance and real meaning. When you remember that "all Scripture is given by inspiration by God and is profitable" (2 Timothy 3:16) and partake of such divine substance, then you are fed, you are led and you are safe!