Trust God's love. His perfect love. Don't fear He will discover your past. He already has. Don't fear disappointing Him in the future. He can show you the chapter in which you will. With perfect knowledge of the past and perfect vision of the future, He loves you perfectly in spite of both.

Heaven is God's answer to any suffering you may face.

If relationships matter most then [at the end of our lives], shouldn't they matter most now?

I don't think I have ever created an entire fiction piece or followed a historical piece and made that into a sermon.

Blessed are those who know what on earth they are here on earth to do and set themselves about the business of doing it.

From my perspective, most of my life has been dealing with the day-to-day, kitchen-to-bedroom-to-living-room-to-garage life with people. Most people are just trying to figure out how to love the people in their world, to love their God and to deal with some of these questions about God.

God sees us with the eyes of a Father. He sees our defects, errors and blemishes. But He also sees our value.