Joy is a weapon we use to fight life's battles.

Wide awake to the presence of God, I realized I had been so focused on asking why a good God allowed bad things to happen that I was missing out on the nearness of God all along. In becoming preoccupied with the why, I was missing the who.

Sometimes you have to poke holes in the darkness until it bleeds light.

I had been searching for joy in the relatively good times of life, now I had to find joy amidst darkness and agony.

You must learn to hush the demons that whisper, 'No one wants to read this. This has already been said. Your voice doesn't matter.' In the rare moments when the voices finally hush, you might hear the angels singing.

Worry is a subtle way of telling God that He's fallen asleep at the wheel and that things aren't under His authority, but ours.

Always remain suspicious that God is up to something good.