Today, use your words to lift up and bless the people around you.

Sometimes you face difficulties not because you're doing something wrong, but because you're doing something right.

God always wants us to be growing.

When the negative thoughts come - and they will; they come to all of us - it's not enough to just not dwell on it... You've got to replace it with a positive thought.

If you feel "stuck" today, you may want to examine what you're holding on to. Be willing let go of past disappointments by choosing forgiveness. Who hurt you? Who wronged you? Release it to God. Do you need to forgive yourself? Do you need to receive God's forgiveness? Let go of the past so you can overcome disappointments and experience the bright future God has in store for you! There is freedom in forgetting!

I'm very careful about saying who would and wouldn't go to heaven. I don't know.

I didn't try to copy my dad or fit into the pressure or the mold that everybody tried to make me fit into.