Maybe God's goal wasn't for me to raise a good rule-following child. Instead, His goal was for me to raise a God-following adult.

Which do I care more about - demanding my rights or displaying right choices?

Feelings should be indicators, not dictators.

Great love isn't two people finding the perfect match in one another. Great love is two people making the choice to be a match.

God is good to me, even when life doesn’t feel good to me.

Jesus is the sanctuary every time we gather with other believers. We need that truth to soak into our hearts.

We aren't supposed to strive for perfection everyday. If we were perfect, we'd have no need for Jesus. And it's through our imperfections that we really feel the pull toward our need for a Savior. So the imperfections serve a wonderful purpose if we'll let them.