Those who have hurt you in the past cannot continue to hurt you now unless you hold on to the pain through resentment.

Character is both developed and revealed by tests, and all of life is a test... You will be tested by major changes, delayed promises, impossible problems, unanswered prayers, undeserved criticism, and even senseless tragedies.

Some people are going to have to die or leave.

In pain, I'd rather walk with Jesus with all of my questions, than walk by myself with all the answers.

Your spiritual family is even more important than your physical family because it will last forever. Our families on earth are wonderful gifts from God, but they are temporary and fragile, often broken by divorce, distance, growing old, and inevitably, death.

Whenever you serve others in any way, you are actually serving God.

Frankness is not a license to say anything you want, wherever and whenever you want. It is not rudeness.