I'm an encourager at heart. I love to give words of encouragement and I love to receive words of encouragement. That's probably why words of discouragement affect me so deeply.

Remember, the Devil loves to make us focus on the little that's wrong so we miss the big picture of all that's right.

You have the exact qualities God knew your kids would need in a mother. Each day, hold up your willingness and ask God to make you the best version of you that you can possibly be.

You've never gone too far that God can't redeem you, restore you, forgive you, and give you a second chance.

God is mighty. God is caring. God is worthy of praise. God is loving. God is able. God is in control. Nothing takes God by surprise. Some sweet reminders to soak in before falling asleep tonight.

Today, let's be determined to see blessings in the midst of things that seem like burdens.

Sometimes it's the words we choose not to say that speak most loudly about our character.

Scars are beautiful when we see them as glorious reminders that we courageously survived.

When to give grace? I'd rather stand before God knowing I loved others too much rather than regretting that I judged too harshly.

We live in a broken world full of broken people. But isn’t it comforting to know God isn’t ever broken? He isn’t ever caught off guard, taken by surprise, or shocked by what happens next.

Don't let the hurt of today blind you to the hope of tomorrow. Disappointment ushers in a new appointment.

How do I structure my life to be at peace with who I am, & comfortable with what I’m doing & not doing?

The only competition that matters the most, is competing to become better than your best old self.

Writing is the spectrum through which the chaos of life can be seen, studied and understood.

Distraction is the only thing that consoles us for our miseries. Yet it is itself the greatest of our miseries.

The only really good place to buy lumber is at a store where the lumber has already been cut and attached together in the form of furniture finished and put inside boxes.

You may say, 'That's naïve of you,' and maybe it is, but in my mind, I'm celebrating every kind of woman. That's what a creative person does.

No pain that we suffer, no trial that we experience is wasted.

The blues is an art of ambiguity, an assertion of the irrepressibly human over all circumstances, whether created by others or by one's own human failing.

In America, we do cheat. We have people who cheat in elections.

The simple opposition between the people and big business has disappeared because the people themselves have become so deeply involved in big business.