Gods plan isn't a map for your life that you see all at once, but a scroll unrolled a little at a time.

Pain is the fuel of passion - it energizes us with an intensity to change that we don't normally possess.

Through salvation our past has been forgiven, our present is given meaning, and out future is secured.

If we condone torture, we yield the moral high ground to our enemies and encourage anyone who hates us to stoop to using that subhuman level against us. We reap whatever we sow.

Blessed are the uncool; for they shall be happy without needing the approval of others.

The deepest level of worship is praising God inspite of pain, trusting Him during a trial, surrendering while suffering, and loving Him when He seems distant.

I think any apparent contradiction in scripture is my limited capacity. Me trying to understand God is like an ant trying to understand the Internet. I don't have the brain capacity.