“The test of any relationship lies in rewarding vulnerability instead of punishing it.”

“Stay positive, all other choices are pointless punishments to your psyche.”

“Instead of asking Him to remember you, why not pray to find comfort and value where He has taken you.”

“Abraham entered into what God was doing for him, and that was the turning point. He trusted God to set him right instead of trying to be right on his own. Romans 4:3”

“The Christian gospel is rooted in langauge: God spoke a creation into being; our Savrior was the Word made flesh. The poet is the person who uses words not primarily to convey information but to make a relationship, shape beauty, form truth…Isn’t it odd that pastors, who are responsible for interpreting the Scriptures, so much of which come in the form of poetry, have so little interest in poetry? … Words create. God’s word creates; our words can participate in creation.” ”

“Do not wish your life away, " Grandfather would tell her. "None of us know the number of days we are allotted. It would be foolish to discard any of them.”

“All relationships are tough. Just like with music, sometimes you have harmony and other times you have cacophony.”