I was one of the loneliest people on the planet. You can be incredibly well known and very alone. And thats who I was. I was a well-known person who was very alone.

It takes deliberate and continuous effort to carve out time in our overfull schedules to listen to the voice of God.

God has promised that whatever you face, you are not alone. He knows your pain. He loves you. And He will bring you through the fire.

I got pregnant and turned 40 at the same time.

God's love is a gift that can make you forget yourself at times. The Scottish writer George MacDonald said, "It is the heart that is not yet sure of its God that is afraid to laugh in his presence." God loves us as we are right now! That's one of the things I'm most grateful for. I love the freedom to be myself in God. I pray that a year from now, five years from now, I will be a godlier woman, but I know God won't love me any more than he does right this minute.

My brokenness is a better bridge for people than my pretend wholeness ever was.

When our dreams seem to go sour or remain unfulfilled, hopelessness can dominate our lives-or we can hold on with open hands, knowing that we have hope because God is faithful.