The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away blessed be the name of the Lord.

What breaks your heart is part of a divine design to bring change!

Be glad in the Lord and receive willingly from His Hand all that he designs for my holiness - both painful and pleasant.

I had to be healed of my desire to be healed.

Count not thyself to have found true peace, if thou hast felt no grief; nor that then all is well if thou hast no adversary; nor that this is perfect, if all things fall out according to thy desire.

I found out that the things that hurt us the most can become the fuel and the catalyst that propel us toward our destiny. It will either make you bitter or it will make you better.

If you have a big challenge today, that just means you have a big destiny.

When fate hands us a lemon, let's try to make lemonade.

The greatest reverses of fortune are the most easily borne from a sort of dignity belonging to them.

When I was young I lost everything.

Robert McKee says humans naturally seek comfort and stability. Without an inciting incident that disrupts their comfort, they won't enter into a story. They have to get fired from their job or be forced to sign up for a marathon. A ring has to be purchased. A home has to be sold. The character has to jump into the story, into the discomfort and the fear, otherwise the story will never happen.

Here's the truth about telling stories with your life. It's going to sound like a great idea, and you're going to get excited about it, and then when it comes time to do the work, you're not going to want to do it. It's like that with writing books, and it's like that with life. People love to have lived a great story, but few people like the work it takes to make it happen. But joy costs pain.