I don't see the big picture. I don't have a clue. But I know God does. I'm going to declare that, even if I don't feel it right now.

As Christians, our compassion is simply a response to the love that God has already shown us.

I've always been a rule-follower. Even when I was a kid, I tried to do everything by the book.

I am prone to reshape and refashion things to try and please as many people as I can, to get as many nods or smiles out of as many people as possible.

Success breeds volume, and it's just amazing how many young writers, artists, and musicians there are in town.

The stories that have had the deepest impact on me and one of the reasons I was excited to finally get to write my story, it's when I can read the story of others who are following Christ, who are committed, but just are still on the journey. They haven't arrived, and can be honest about that process.

God really does have a plan for every child that He knits together, even when they look broken to the world outside, when their story is broken, when their hearts are broken, when their bodies are broken. God still knit this child together with a plan.