My response is that I love the church.
To move forward you have to give back.
In the end, all you have is your reputation.
I would say that during the time that I was 14 and pregnant - I didn't even know what pregnancy was when I got pregnant - I was trying to do everything I could to harm myself. I said to God, "God, if you want me to die, then you're going to have to kill me".
Lessons often come dressed up as detours and roadblocks
Lasting joy is found not in what you get, but in what you give.