God sees with utter clarity who we are. He is undeceived as to our warts and wickedness. But when God looks at us that is not all He sees. He also sees who we are intended to be, who we will one day become.

Genuine brokenness pleases God more than pretend spirituality.

If we are serious about loving God, we must begin with people, all people. And especially we must learn to love those that the world generally discards.

For the soul to be well, it needs to be with God.

Sloth is the failure to do what needs to be done when it needs to be done - like the kamikaze pilot who flew seventeen missions.

The decision to grow always involves a choice between risk and comfort. This means that to be a follower of Jesus, you must renounce comfort as the ultimate value of your life.

Acceptance is an act of the heart. To accept someone is to affirm to them that you think it's a very good thing they are alive.