Choices made, whether bad or good, follow you forever and affect everyone in their path one way or another.

Isn’t that the way God works? She’d thought. He takes the things in our lives that are ugly, disgusting, and downright wicked, and transforms them into something magnificent.

My grace is sufficient for thee. The words soothed her soul like a healing balm.

...there is nothing unforgivable and there are no secrets before an all-knowing merciful God.

He realized he needed strength, sustenance that couldn’t come from bread alone. He desperately needed God.

It would still be a long way until she was completely free, but the door had been cracked open and a smidgen of hope broke through the darkness.

It’s important to have a husband that lives and believes the same way you do. Otherwise, you’re asking for problems.

Moonlight filtered in through the blinds illuminating their bedroom, but the bright glow couldn’t penetrate the darkness that surrounded her heart.

She knew that oftentimes hurtful people were hurting people, so she determined to pray for them all the more.

Trust, once lost, could not be easily found. Not in a year, perhaps not even in a lifetime.

Writing is magic happening on paper

I write anywhere - when I have an idea it’s hard not to write. I used to be kind of precious about where I wrote. Everything had to be quiet and I couldn’t be disturbed, it really filled my day.

Satan never wastes a fiery dart by aiming at a spot covered by armor. The bull's eye is located dead center in our inconsistency. That's where the enemy plans to bring us down.

My recipes aren't geared towards women; my books are marketed towards women because women are the biggest market for weight loss, weight management and weight maintenance and for cooking.

Allowing your kids to watch TV doesn't have to mean they have no choice but to see commercials for junk food and alcohol.

What's that plate that's above a saucer but below a plate?

The voice of reason is inaudible to irrational people.

It turns out that the history of astrophysics is where we perfected time keeping.

You don't scream because you're scared. You scream on purpose.

Illusions commend themselves to us because they save us pain and allow us to enjoy pleasure instead.