As I look back over my mountains of growth and compare them to the molehills where I stagnated, community often made the difference.

Our task shouldn't be punishing the villains in our lives, but enlarging the God who heals us from all wounds.

When we think of other people as our center and fulfillment, we live frustrated lives.

We grow when the walls press in. We grow when life steals our control. We grow in the darkness.

We may not understand the pathways God lays out before us. We may not even like walking the journey. But even in failure, we can trust that He’ll do more than we expect.

Pain can either thrust me into the arms of Jesus or make me turn my back on Him. Either way, it's a choice.

God's heart…is not that we escape our lot, but that we learn to thrive in the midst of it.