In the end, it doesn’t matter how well we have performed or what we have accomplished—a life without heart is not worth living.

We are created for adventure, and if we cannot find one, we start blowing things out of proportion so it feels like we have one.

Moses does not encounter the living God at the mall. He finds Him (or is found by Him) somewhere out in the deserts of Sinai, a long way from the comforts of Egypt... Where did the great prophet Elijah go to recover his strength? To the wild. As did John the Baptist, and his cousin, Jesus, Who is led by the Spirit into the wilderness.

Desire, both the whispers and the shouts, is the map we have been given to find the only life worth living.

A true knowledge of Jesus is our greatest need and our greatest happiness.

Mary had Joseph. Esther had Mordecai. Ruth had Boaz. We will not become the women God intends us to be without the guidance, counsel, wisdom, strength, and love of good men in our lives.

The true story of every person in this world is not the story you see, the external story. The true story of each person is the journey of his or her heart.