One cannot be humble and aware of oneself at the same time.

We cannot always cry at the right time and who is to say which time is right?

As far as I'm concerned, there is only one absolute: God is love.

No long-term marriage is made easily, and there have been times when I've been so angry or so hurt that I thought my love would never recover.

There is no way that you can read the entire Bible seriously and take every word literally. Contradictions start in the first chapter of Genesis. There are two Creation stories, two stories of the making of Adam and Eve. And that is all right. The Bible is still true.

The minute we begin to think we have all the answers, we forget the questions.

But grief still has to be worked through. It is like walking through water. Sometimes there are little waves lapping about my feet. Sometimes there is an enormous breaker that knocks me down. Sometimes there is a sudden and fierce squall. But I know that many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it.