“First, God does not send people to hell. He simply honors their choice. Hell is the ultimate expression of God’s high regard for the dignity of man. He has never forced us to choose Him, even when that means we would choose Hell.”

God is God. He knows what he is doing. When you can’t trace his hand, trust his heart.

Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. To these I commit my day. If I succeed, I will give thanks. If I fail, I will seek his grace. And then, when this day is done, I will place my head on my pillow and rest.

You’re never without hope, because you’re never without prayer.

Focus on giants – you stumble. Focus on God – Giants tumble.

If there are a thousand steps between us and God, He will take all but one. He will leave the final one for us. The choice is ours.

Give your problems to Christ before your problems get to you.

God is able to accomplish, provide, help, save, keep, subdue… He is able to do what you can’t. He already has a plan. God’s not bewildered. Go to Him.

A little rain can straighten a flower stem. A little love can change a life.

Meet your fears with faith.

You will never forgive anyone more than God has already forgiven you.

You are valuable because you exist. Not because of what you do or what you have done – but simply because you are.

What causes us to think of prayer as the last option rather than the first? I can think of two reasons: feelings of independence and feelings of insignificance.

If today were your last, would you do what you’re doing? Or would you love more, give more, forgive more?

God never promises to remove us from our struggles. He does promise, however, to change the way we look at them.

Don’t measure the size of the mountain; talk to the One who can move it.

The difference between mercy and grace? Mercy gave the prodigal son a second chance. Grace gave him a feast.

Knowledge is wisdom and happiness is a choice. Wisdom brings great choices and great choices make great lives. 

I love to go nature on walks and discover different plants, flowers and leaves, all beautiful and unique in their own way. It’s the small choices we make that have the greatest impact on the environment.

Make your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears.

Change your habits and make choices that will positively impact your future.⁣ 

Make choices & live with consequences. Take responsibility for your own actions.

When we choose to love, we choose to move against fear, against alienation and separation. The choice to love is a choice to connect, to find ourselves in the other.

Heaven on Earth is a choice you must make, not a place you must find.

The man who is fortunate in his choice of son-in-law gains a son; the man unfortunate in his choice loses his daughter also.