Like a surgeon, friends cut you in order to heal you.

I am going to judge my circumstances by Jesus’ love, not Jesus’ love by my circumstances.

We're far worse than we ever imagined, and far more loved than we could ever dream.

You are more sinful than you could dare imagine and you are more loved and accepted than you could ever dare hope.

Suffering is actually at the heart of the Christian story.

Love is counting someone else’s needs and interests as more important than your own needs or interests or comfort.

God made you to love him supremely, but he lost you. He returned to get you back, but it took the cross to do it. He absorbed your darkness so that one day you can finally and dazzlingly become your true self and take your seat at his eternal feast.