To be thankful when my world lays in ashes long gone cold is to finally understand that ashes are the raw materials from which God shapes dreams infinitely grander than whatever the ashes were before they were ashes.

Why am I always lost in the woods?” I yell at the top of my voice! And if I choose to settle down for a moment and be honest with myself, I’ll rather reluctantly admit that I drew the map.

If my decisions constantly heed the voice of the world, I can be completely assured that I’m going to end up in a ‘world of hurt.’ If my decisions heed the word of God, I can be completely assured that this ‘world of hurt’ isn’t anywhere near my solar system.

If my decisions constantly heed the voice of the world, I can be completely assured that I’m going to end up in a ‘world of hurt.’ If my decisions heed the word of God, I can be completely assured that this ‘world of hurt’ won't be anywhere near my solar system.

My wisdom absent of God’s wisdom is nothing more than a best-guess.

Obedience that does not have faith in that to which it is being obedient will mouth the words, but it will never walk the road.

It is not the gravity of the moment. Rather, it is the faith of the man who stands in the gravity of the moment.

Trust is what I give to others out of the hope that they will give it back to me. But too often the return on such an investment is that it doesn’t return.

If you think you can stand to know what you’re made of, try kneeling before God.