God's promises don't depend on your feelings. They depend on his Word. Stop relying on yourself and let God use you how he wants.

Because life didn't just come with better . . . it came with worse, too. A worse that God could have fixed, perhaps, if she'd let Him, so long ago. She hadn't wanted to take the risk of a broken heart. Of getting hurt over and over again. But wasn't that the nature of love? Risking betrayal? Forgiving? Wiping the slate clean and starting over? Wasn't that the nature of God?

If I believe that God has a plan for my life, then there are no mistakes, no regrets, just moments that God carries me. Moments when I'm forced to trust him.

Never go to war without God, Riley. Only when you belong completely to him can he truly use you.

Instead of telling yourself you can't have the happy ending, why don't you let go of all your dreams—and your fears—and let God show you how it ends. He's the master of happy endings—let him figure it out." She

He's the author of dreams. And He's not a trickster. He doesn't give us a dream only to yank it away and laugh.

You've always spent your life looking forward, the destination in mind. But faith is stepping forward without knowing the destination.

When your heart's desire is the will of the Lord above everything else, then life loses its threat because His love will carry us through every situation.

Who said marriage and intimacy—the way God wants them to be, a depiction of His intimate love for us—would be easy? Marriage is not a conditional act. It's loving no matter what. It's how we're supposed to be with God—trusting Him with all our fragile parts.

You have to learn to live life in the middle of the danger. And trust that there's a bigger plan.

She needs you to be bigger than her fears. Stronger than her rejection. And yes, if you truly believe that she doesn't want you in her life, then you have to let her go, But a woman who opens her heart up wants to know she will be protected.

That we shouldn't base God's desire to help us on our opinions of ourselves. Otherwise we'd always be in over our heads. We need to start believing that he wants to help us. Even when we make mistakes.