Joy is not a denial of painful circumstances, but a certainty that He is at work while we are in them. EL

Complaining is truly my strongest weakness.

Your current circumstances are part of your redemption story He is writing.

Only God can take our failures and turn them into victories.

He uses our past to positively affect our present and secure our future.

Sometimes it takes a meltdown to cool down.

Truth is the strongest weapon against the darkness of lies! EL

Love is the greatest debt to be in…but is not meant to bankrupt you!

The more we talk about our troubles and our fears, the more life we breathe into them". HS/el

When we are anxious about what is going to happen next, we are not staying in our now!

It takes strength to become weak!

The simple truth is that the truth does not exist

You learn who you are only by making yourself accountable to the judgment of others.

If you're always racing to the next moment, what happens to the one you're in? Slow down and enjoy the moment you're in and live your life to the fullest.

I'm one of the blind alleys off the main road of procreation.

As The O.C. started up again, I started to feel myself potentially getting pulled away.

Going after the unknown is always fascinating, I think. It becomes part of your life, this desire to know.

If I'm walking down the street and someone stops me and says, "Oh! A song that you wrote meant a lot to me, and I listened to it after I went to my sister's funeral," that's when it hits me.

If you want to be an entrepreneur, it's not a job, it's a lifestyle.

I have no sense of direction at all. Thank the Lord for my TomTom, otherwise I'd spend my whole life lost.