Every Christian who keeps looking up stretches his heart's capacity for Heaven.

Love is extravagant in the price it is willing to pay, the time it is willing to give, the hardships it is willing to endure, and the strength it is willing to spend. Love never thinks in terms of "how little," but always in terms of "how much." Love gives, love knows, and love lasts.

I had to be healed of my desire to be healed.

Suffering is arguably God's choicest tool in shaping the character of Christ in us.

Heartache forces us to embrace God out of desparate, urgent need. God is never closer than when your heart is aching.

God always seems bigger to those who need him most. And suffering is the tool he uses to help us need him more.

You better be very convinced, very sure, before you pull your plug or someone else's plug, that you know what's on the other side of the gravestone.