There is a difference between solitude and isolation. One is connected and one isn't. Solitude replenishes, isolation diminishes.

Anger is frustration at the fact that we are not God, and do not have control over reality.

Good pain is pain in the service of a purpose. Bad pain is pain endured because we are resisting a needed growth step.

If you are building a culture where honest expectations are communicated and peer accountability is the norm, then the group will address poor performance and attitudes.

The idea of submission is never meant to allow someone to overstep another's boundaries. Submission only has meaning in the context of boundaries, for boundaries promote self-control and freedom. If a wife is not free and in control of herself, she is not submitting anyway. She is a slave subject to a slave driver, and she is out of the will of God.

That is why success and fruitfulness depend as much upon focusing on the "who" you are as much as the "what" of the work you do. Invest in your character, and it will give you the returns that you are looking for by only investing in the work itself. You can't do the latter without the former.

The human heart will seek to be known, understood, and connected with above all else. If you do not connect, the ones you care about will find someone who will.