Filter your pain through the brevity of this life and the unending beauty of the next.

Sometimes I wonder if we don't see Christ's love as much in the people he tolerated as in the pain he endured.

Be careful what you think, because your thoughts run your life. Do you want to be happy tomorrow? Then sow seeds of happiness today -count blessings, memorize Bible verses, pray, sing hymns, spend time with encouraging people. Do you want to guarantee tomorrow's misery? Then wallow in a mental mud pit of self-pity or guilt or anxiety today assume the worst, beat yourself up, rehearse your regrets, complain to complainers.

I think theres just this mystique of writing a book that appeals to people. A person has to really check their motives and say, Am I really being called by God to do this? Or is this just something that would look neat in my funeral? I dont mean to be harsh but I think a person really needs to, so they wont be disappointed.

Grace is the voice that calls us to change and then gives us the power to pull it off.

God crowns us. Most people crown their Christmas trees with either an angel or a star. God uses both.

There was a time I wanted to go into politics. And so all of a sudden, here I am, I guess. I'm in the thick of it.