“To imagine the twenty-first-century world being hit with a great plague like the great disease pandemics of the past is fantasy, yet it’s also extremely possible and has happened many times before.”

“The winged beasts and angels know, that mortals cannot fly. But how I flew to see the sun; a broken bird am I.”

“Life is full of running. The key to a life lived or an existence tolerated is held in the single decision as to the direction in which we will run.”

“You want to know my sweet?" I ask her. She nods. I kiss her on the forehead. "You. Always you.”

“There was before you and there was during you. For some reason, I never thought there would be an after you.”

“When God interrupts your life, He is calling you to follow Him in a new way. By breaking into your settled pattern, He is moving you to a new place where you can make fresh discoveries of His grace. Embracing God’s call is never easy, but this is where the pursuit of a God-centered life begins, and where the shame of a self-centered life is exposed.”

“That which is imagined can never be lost.”

“My steps feel lighter now and I realize it’s because I’m running toward something, and not away from it.”