Keep your head up

“Go and love someone exactly as they are. And then watch how quickly they transform into the greatest, truest version of themselves. When one feels seen and appreciated in their own essence, one is instantly empowered.”

“When someone says, ‘I haven’t felt God in a long time. I feel like He is gone. He left me.’ I would just tell them, ‘He said He would never leave you nor forsake you. He is as close as the mention of His name. Just believe that. You don’t need to feel Him to know He is with you. Just believe Him. Don’t make God a feeling. He is not a feeling. He’s Spirit and Truth, and He lives in you.’”

God’s grace never makes you want to do less; instead you are open to going above and beyond, because you know it’s no longer about you.

There are amazing, remarkable things God wants you to do on your college campus, at your place of business, and in your neighborhood. But first you need to ask Jesus to breathe on you and give you His strength. And you will need to do it again tomorrow, because power is perishable. The minutes don’t roll over.

Bottom line: you can’t win the war within without asking God every day to energize your efforts and then being sensitive to the cues He gives you along the way. Like the rumble strip on the side of the highway, God directs us through gentle nudges to correct our courses.

“Love never gives up.“”

“Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.”

“To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.”

“The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.”