“It's bold, rash, and embarrassing, Martha talking to God this way. But her honesty paved the way for Jesus to speak to her.”

“Either way, the result is you depending on yourself to do life right. Either way, God isn't even in the room.”

“He (God) never promises that our families will be safe. Not in the way we think. He does promise his presence, though.”

“Even if we aren't having sex with out boyfriends, it's still easy to find our identify in them in an unhealthy way.”

“Some girls look to fill the emptiness with their rebellious ways and get into trouble. Other girls try hard to fill the emptiness with good things and get praise. But both girls are reaching for something we'll never find outside of God.”

“But I didn't understand the middle-of-a-Tuesday Jesus. I only knew him as a when-I-get-to-heaven Jesus. He was my ticket and not much else.”

“That's what service does. It points us to Jesus, not to ourselves.”