The truth was this: Love is a decision.

I'm receiving 300 to 500 letters every week from people telling me that God used my stories to save their marriage or to introduce them to Christ or to heal a relationship that had been broken.

People were never meant to be idols. We aren't supposed to be worshipped. Only God deserves that kind of praise.

Life is too short for half-hearted connections and meaningless run-throughs.

I write about the trials and triumphs of contemporary life - and often the readers see themselves between the lines of the story.

A verse came to mind, one that has comforted Kari before. It was the shortest verse in the Bible: Jesus wept. If he cried over Jerusalem, if he cried over the death of Lazarus, surely he was crying now over the death of her dreams, the death of her marriage.

There were times when I was so sick of talking about the Bible.