God's purpose in increasing our trials is to sensitize us to people we never would have been able to relate to otherwise.

God's purpose in increasing our trials is to sensitize us to people we never would have been able to relate to otherwise.

I want to stay in the habit of 'glancing' at my problems and 'gazing' at my Lord.

When I look at Jesus' warm and intimate friendships, my heart fills with praise that Jesus was. . . a man. A man of flesh-and-blood reality. His heart felt the sting of sympathy. His eyes glowed with tenderness. His arms embraced. His lips smiled. His hands touched. Jesus was male! Jesus invites us to relate to him as the Son of Man. And because he is fully man, we can relate to Jesus with affection and love.

Faith means being sure of what we hope for now. It means knowing something is real, this moment, all around you, even when you don't see it.

It always helps to know that other parents with special-needs children are surviving, and surviving well.

I was in every club and extra-curricular activity at high school, and I was in the National Honor Society.