God allows and at times causes us to go through the kinds of circumstances that strip away all falsehood and leave us with our real selves. God's ultimate intent is not to leave us faithless, but to leave us faith-full. There are few things as exhilarating as going through the fire and finding that you had the resilience to make it through. All of us wonder at times whether we have what it takes. God wants to bring us to a place where we have no doubt of the work He has done within us.

This thing that haunts you, that never seems satisfied, the cravings in your soul that you are unable to satiate through all the success that the world can bring this is your soul screaming for God.

How in the world could you ever imagine a life of faith that does not require risk? Faith and risk are inseparable.

In some sense we are all hypocrites in transition.

The most important moments rarely come at a convenient time

Problems, obstacles, and challenges can either become the markers of our limits and limitations, or they can become the springboard into a whole new world.

We have to ask ourselves, 'Am I really trying to discern God's will, or determine whether I want to do it?'