Don't equate the presence of God with a good mood or a pleasant temperament. God is near whether you are happy or not.

I'd like to think I'm going upriver in talking about world-view topics rather than particular political or controversial topics.

We forget that IMPOSSIBLE is one of God's favorite words

God, the Master Weaver. He stretches the yarn and intertwines the colors, the ragged twine with the velvet strings, the pains with the pleasures. Nothing escapes his reach.

Write today's worries in sand. Chisel yesterday's victories in stone.

It's one thing for me to tell people not to worry. It's another thing entirely to quote Matthew 6, where Jesus says, "Why do you worry? The birds of the air, the flowers of the field..." He says, "I tell you, do not worry."

I've caught myself a time or two adding or embellishing. I don't think that pleases the Lord. I don't think He needs my dishonesty to convey His gospel.