With each new experience of letting God be in control, we gain courage and reinforcement for daring to do it again and again.

I'm not what I want to be. I'm not what I'm going to be. But, thank God, I'm not what I was!

What will your children remember? We can change the world inside our own houses. Take the gift of this moment and make something beautiful of it. Few worthwhile experiences just happen; memories are made on purpose.

Choices can change our lives profoundly. The choice to mend a broken relationship, to say "yes" to a difficult assignment, to lay aside some important work to play with a child, to visit some forgotten person - these small choices may affect many lives eternally.

Love is the seed of all hope. It is the enticement to trust, to risk, to try, to go on.

When we read of the great Biblical leaders, we see that it was not uncommon for God to ask them to wait, not just a day or two, but for years, until God was ready for them to act.

How beautiful it is to learn that Grace isn't fragile, and that in the family of God we can fail and not be a failure.