To become grateful, I must learn that I can handle disappointment and delayed gratification with grace and perseverance. This is why practices such as fasting and simplicity are such powerful tools for transformation. The experience of frustration and disappointment is irreplaceable in the development of a grateful heart.

Habits eat good intentions for breakfast.

The entire life of Jesus isn't the story of somebody climbing up a ladder; it's a picture of someone coming down-a series of demotions. The problem with spending our lives climbing up the ladder is that we will go right past Jesus, for He's coming down.

Hurry is not just a disordered schedule. Hurry is a disordered heart.

Failure does not shape you; the way you respond to failure shapes you.

We are tempted to live under the illusion that somewhere out there are people who are normal.

Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.