So often I have felt alone in my journey, yet I've been afraid to let anyone see my fear and weakness.

No terrain is too bleak, no distance too far that it will stop God from rescuing His own.

Until Gettysburg," she continued, "I was working for the wrong reasons. At first it was to prove myself worthy in someone's eyes. Later it was out of guilt, trying to find atonement in God's eyes. But atonement is free, never earned. And I've learned that the only person I need to please with my life is God.

You know what I wish? I wish I could put time in a bottle and throw it into the ocean. Then I would have forever to spend with you. I wouldn’t need air to breathe or food to eat. Holding you in my arms would be all the food I would need. Having your love would be the only air I would need to breathe.

Our trials are supposed to turn us toward God, but we whine and complain and wish someone would turn down the fire so we could have our old life back the way it was.

You pray. And you allow the Lord to be your strength. Remember the Lord doesn't give you strength. He is your strength.

Joy explodes throughout the book of Psalms like fireworks, and is the most potent anti-missile defense system there is.