graceful warrior(s)

I do not miss childhood, but I miss the way I took pleasure in small things, even as greater things crumbled. I could not control the world I was in, could not walk away from things or people or moments that hurt, but I took joy in the things that made me happy.

“Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the worst.”

I told God, “I’m lonely.” “I’m the Friend who sticks closer than a brother,” came His tender response.

“The only time a Christian should be first is when they’re the first to apologize, first to confess their mistakes, first to care and humble themselves. Never to compare or compete with another’s worth, because we got the heavenly riches and it’s enough to go around: first.”

“That’s how you know you love someone, I guess, when you can’t experience anything without wishing the other person were there to see it, too.”