Momma wouldn't talk right then, but later in the evening I found that my violation lay in using the phrase by the way. Momma explained that Jesus was the Way, the Truth and the Light, and anyone who says by the way is really saying, by Jesus, or by God and the Lord's name would not be taken in vain in her house.

Because showing requires going. It assumes presence. Accompaniment. I can send you somewhere and not go with you, but how can I show you something without being present?

I want a thousand things for my children, and I ask without hesitation, but I want nothing more than that God would be glorified. Life is just a breath. All that will matter forever in our heavenly state is the glory that came to God through their lives and ours.

Relief arises from consistency—from being the same person at the shopping mall as we are at Sunday worship.

When we act as if we don't notice God's blessings, it's not humility. It's ingratitude.

My eager expectation and hope is that… Christ will be highly honored in my body. Philippians 1:20

Let them give thanks to the Lord for His faithful love and His wonderful works for the human race. Psalm 107:8

Only God can make the common sacred.

I know I've been blessed a lot to be in this position, and I never want to lose sight of that. So, sometimes it's overwhelming when I think about how blessed I've been to be able to do what I do for a living.

For me... I feel like gratitude has really helped me to keep perspective on everything. The gratitude of doing what I get to do. The gratitude for my everyday life. The gratitude for simple things.

When we raise our game aesthetically, we elevate it morally and spiritually as well.

Life is action, Junah. Even choosing not to act, we act. We cannot do otherwise. Therefore act with vigor!