If I'm going to call myself a person of faith, I need to be willing to live a life that actually requires faith.

Sometimes we miss the miraculous of all that we have been blessed with because we're so focused on the one thing we don't have. When this happens, we become disillusioned with all that we do have.

Scars are beautiful when we see them as glorious reminders that we courageously survived.

We try so hard to hold onto our stuff. We call it our treasure and expect to feel joy. But in God’s economy if we want to gain, we must give up. For joy won’t ever be found in collecting treasures. Joy radiates in our life only when we share our treasures.

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.

One drop of the Lord's mercy is better than an ocean of the world's comfort.

Lord, help me to see what comes my way as an opportunity instead of an inconvenience.