"I’d rather not write my own story, for in doing so I have assumed that I possess a writing ability equal to that of God. And that assumption will result in a story that is certain to have a bad ending."

"The most critical time in any battle is not when I’m fatigued, it’s when I no longer care."

"To live a fantasy is to avoid a life."

"To release ourselves from accountability to our choices is to say that we can be ‘reckless’ without causing a ‘wreck.’ And maybe that’s why the road of life looks more like a parking lot."

"Sometimes the very things that we’re expending our lives to sustain are the very things that are killing our ability to live. And against our blind and frequently raging protests, these are the very things that God let’s die so that we can live."

"My faith compels me to build a life in the expanse of what I can’t see, rather than erect some small hovel in the tiny space of that which I can."

"We spend far too much time working to get through the moment to understand that life is a collection of moments. And if we don’t come to see the confluence of moments as the fabric of life, we will miss life while living the very moments that were supposed to create it."

"God has penned greatness across the script of your soul. And despite how hard people or circumstance have worked to erase that story, I would have you wake up every morning resting in the fact that God’s pen is eternally indelible."

"Your story is not written by those who abused the opportunities that they had to pen a line or two on the pages of your life. For your story is written by the God who’s story will erase all of the lesser lines of men."

"The losses in my life are so immense that I can barely stand and hardly breath. But I must remember that it is God who holds my hand and grants me breath. And because He does, the losses will eventually collapse for lack of breath."