When we submit to God's plans, we can trust our desires. Our assignment is found at the intersection of God's plan and our pleasures.

You don't impress the officials at NASA with a paper airplane. You don't boast about your crayon sketches in the presence of Picasso. You don't claim equality with Einstein because you can write 'H20.' And you don't boast about your goodness in the presence of the Perfect.

God will use your mess for good. We see a perfect mess; God sees a perfect chance to train, test , and teach.

Even though you may not understand how God works, you know he does.

Worry divides the mind.

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

There is not a hint of one person who was afraid to draw near him [Jesus]. There were those who mocked him. There were those who were envious of him. There were those who misunderstood him. There were those who revered him. But there was not one person who considered him too holy, too divine, or too celestial to touch. There was not one person who was reluctant to approach him for fear of being rejected.