You'll get through this. It won't be painless. It won't be quick. But God will use this mess for good. In the meantime don't be foolish or naïve. But don't despair either. With God's help you will get through this.

You are heaven's Halley's comet; we have one shot at seeing you shine.

Those who successfully go through tough times do so because they keep insisting.

Gratitude develops faith. The surest path out of a slump is marked by the road sign "thank you, God."

You can endure change by pondering His permanence.

My first encounters with faith came about the time I was a Boy Scout, at about 14 or 15. I made the logical deduction that they operate the same way; I treated my faith like earning a merit badge, and everything about Christianity was about earning merit badges.

God's delight is received upon surrender, not awarded upon conquest.