Your life may have taken a detour, but God is still on the throne. He has brought you this far, and sooner or later, your peace will be restored.

Sometimes you have to smile by faith. If you'll smile by faith, soon the joy will follow.

Be careful what you say. You can say something hurtful in ten seconds, but ten years later, the wounds are still there.

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

If we don't forgive ourselves for mistakes we've made-and everybody's made their choices, some worse than others-we'll never experience the good life God has in store.

I believe that God breathed life into every person and that every person is made in the image of God and you have accept them as they are, on their journey. I'm not here to preach hate or push people down.

Truth is, no two people are completely compatible. We have to learn to become one. That means we may have to make sacrifices; we may have to overlook some things. We must be willing to compromise for the good of the relationship.