Satan is a liar. He wants to steal our joy and replace it with hopelessness. When we're up against a struggle and we think we can't keep going, we can change that by praising God. Our chains will fall from us. Meese encouraged me by reminding me of the real reason we have for fully living this life. It's to give everything we have to God--even the heartbreaks and pain. God is our reason to live.

Most of the time when people have that if-you-can-do-it attitude, I nod, acknowledge what they're saying, and add, "I'm just doing the best I can." And really, that's all I did during the worst days. Sometimes "the best I can" was nothing but to endure. Even when I struggled with depression, it was still the best I could do.

Life is a lot more fun if you treat its challenges in creative ways.

Sometimes we need the salt of tears to remind us how to savor the sweetness of life.

God will not permit any troubles to come upon us, unless He has a specific plan by which great blessing can come out of the difficulty.

Into every life there come the painful, despairing days of adversity.

So often the pain of our life is no more than a reminder to take our hand off the stove.

The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much.

Pain and suffering have come into your life, but remember pain, sorrow, suffering are but the kiss of Jesus - a sign that you have come so close to Him that He can kiss you.

Rise to the occassion which is life!

God seldom calls us for an easier life, but always calls us to know more of him and drink more deeply of His sustaining grace.

Life swings like a pendulum backward and forward between pain and boredom.