Rather than worrying about work, schedules, and deadlines, I felt at peace with God. He was in control. The world at large would not crumble because I turned off my iPhone. This is how it's supposed to be. For the first time in who knows how long, I felt like myself. Fully alive. Fully present. And fully aware of God's goodness.

If you had a friend you refused to talk to, eventually you couldn't keep calling that person a friend anymore.

Once a broken bone heals, it is often strongest at the point of the fracture. In the same way, God can take the shame of past failures and amazingly redirect their outcomes toward your future success.

You care because God gave you this unusual blessing: a burden to make a difference.

God promises you a way out. Find that way out, and take it.

God put you on earth with a divine assignment- something prepared in advance for you to do. I've found that the things that make us sad, the things that make us righteously angry, or the things we care about that others don't are often a key that unlocks our reason for living. It's our burden.

Don't settle for a normal life. Not when you can enjoy the wonderful weirdness of being who God created you to be.

Your prayer for someone may or may not change them, but it always changes YOU.

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