In a multitude of cases, and in all cases where regeneration is spoken of, it means the whole soul; that is, it includes the intellect, will, and the conscience as well as the affections. Hence the Bible speaks of the eyes, of the thoughts, of the purposes, of the devices, as well as of the feelings or affections of the heart. In Scriptural language, therefore, a 'new heart' does not mean simply a new state of feeling, but a radical change in the state of the whole soul or interior man.

Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes. This... is goodbye. But not our last hello.

Love is an amazing thing. It takes the brokenness, the scars, the pain, the darkness, everything, and makes it all new.

No matter where you go, no matter whether you succeed or fail, stand or fall, no gone is too far gone. You can always come home.

Whether or not I wake up . . . I'll have a new heart.

There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.

When it comes to walking into one's future, and if anything can rob you of now, it's yesterday. We are really good at taking the pain of our past and projecting it into our future because it's what we know, and yet our past has almost nothing to do with our future other than being connected by seconds. That's it. So we face a choice. Either shine a light on yesterday and expose it, or forfeit the joy of now and the hope of tomorrow.

If you're riding a dead horse… dismount.

No gone is too far gone.

When we learn from experience, the scars of sin can lead us to restoration and a renewed intimacy with God.

As every season seems best to us in its turn, so the coming in of spring is like the creation of Cosmos out of Chaos...

Change is hard at the beginning. Messy in the middle and gorgeous at the end.