The deepest lessons come out of the deepest waters and the hottest fires.

It is impossible to love deeply without sacrifice.

The fact that I am a woman does not make me a different kind of Christian, but the fact that I am a Christian makes me a different kind of woman.

No marriage can survive without forgiveness. Marriage is a long term commitment between two sinners.

A man will be as much of a gentleman as a woman requires.

Faith does not eliminate questions. But faith knows where to take them.

Blessings taken for granted are often forgotten.

Self-pity is... a sinkhole from which no rescuing hand can drag you because you have chosen to sink.

Leave it all in the Hands that were wounded for you

You are loved with an everlasting love. And underneath are the everlasting arms.

God has promised to supply all our needs. What we don't have now, we don't need now.

It is always possible to be thankful for what is given rather than to complain about what is not given. One or the other becomes a habit of life.

God will not protect you from anything that will make you more like Jesus.

A whole lot of what we call 'struggling' is simply delayed obedience.

The secret is Christ in me, not me in a different set of circumstances.

Fear arises when we imagine that everything depends on us.

artists often lie behind on the field long after the art combine, the broad-bladed harvester of informed criticism, has mowed, bailed, and stored the crop.

Generosity is often the stalking horse of control.

The finest teaching touches in a student a spring neither teacher nor student could possibly have preconceived.