And as you come to know Him, you're becoming like Him. The more you are like Him, the more different you will be.

David cuts through all the many needs, wants, and desires that may have been bouncing around inside him and essentially says, "If I could have only one thing, I want to be with God, to be in His presence, to know that he is always with me." Whether in good times or bad times, David knew the thing he needed most: to feel God's presence close by, intimately, through worship.

Extreme measures bring extreme results. If you want a normal life, do what normal people do. If you want to know God intimately, walk with Him daily, and please Him in every way, you're going to have to do what few do. Absolutely nothing.

She asked God to use this experience to help my heart break forever for those who don't know Christ.

Weird makes you truly sexy in a way the world can never know.

My friends don't think they're rich, because they know someone who's richer.

We don't even know how to rest anymore.

What matters is the one thing I do know for certain: God is with me.

You've never really know what it's like to trust God to provide for you today, because you've got today provided for. And probably tomorrow too. Maybe even into next winter, with all the food socked away in that extra freezer in the garage.