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Gentleness is strength under control. It is the ability to stay calm, no matter what happens.
The Pacific Northwest, and particularly Whidbey Island, is extremely suited to be a location in a novel.
The English tradition offers the great tapestry novel, where you have the emotional aspect of a detective's personal life, the circumstances of the crime and, most important, the atmosphere of the English countryside that functions as another character.
Oh, yes, I taught 13 and a half years. I taught English, first at a Catholic school and then at El Toro High School in Lake Forest, Calif.
I taught English, first at a Catholic school and then at El Toro High School in Lake Forest, Calif.
Art can't be taught; passion can't be taught; discipline can't be taught; but craft can be taught. And writing is both an art and a craft.
Learn from the past, log the lessons from the past, butleave the past!
I'm interested in the dark side of man. I'm interested in taboos, and murder is the greatest taboo. Characters are fascinating in their extremity, not in their happiness.
Meaningful prayer is a matter of the heart, not the eloquence of the words.
Mercy reflects the presence of the Lord in your heart and your life.
Nothing else in this world can renew our minds like the Bible.
Instead of becoming a woman of the world, become a woman of the Word.
Writing is no dying art form in America because most published writers here accept the wisdom and the necessity of encouraging the talent that follows in their footsteps.
I myself have suffered periodically from hearing voices at night when I'm trying to sleep.
Each day is precious when we consider what we can do to serve God and His Kingdom.
Leave your mark on the world by leaving behind a child who grows up to love and serve the Lord.
Let your life choices tell others of your wonderful God as you walk through life worshiping Him.
I try to create a challenge for myself in each book. And sometimes, believe me, I just kick myself afterwards, and say, 'Why on earth did you ever attempt this, you idiot!' But I'm always better for the experience.
Wisdom is the God-given ability to see life with rare objectivity and to handle life with rare stability.
Our actions, habits, character, and future are most definitely affected by our thoughts.
Wisdom is an ornament of grace to the soul.
If you want a good friend, you need to be a good friend!
Having a facility for language is an important part of being an author.
Parenting is a partnership. Loving each other has a big impact on your children.
I really liked the idea of creating a journal myself. It's like the way I clear my throat. I write a page every day, maybe 500 words. It could be about something I'm specifically worried about in the new novel; it could be a question I want answered; it could be something that's going on in my personal life. I just use it as an exercise.
I attempt to write a good novel. Whether it is literature or not is something that will be decided by the ages, not by me and not by a pack of critics around the globe.
A real friend is one who helps us to think our best thoughts, do our noblest deeds, and be our finest selves.
Creating the characters is the most creative part of the novel except for the language itself. There I am, sitting in front of my computer in right-brain mode, typing the things that come to mind - which become the seeds of plot. It's scary, though, because I always wonder: Is it going to be there this time?
I write the kinds of novels I like to read, where the setting is rendered with love and care.
Your assignment from God is not to change your spouse, but to love, follow, assist, and minister to them.
It takes a lot of grace and maturity to simply forgive, but a lot of healing takes place when you do.
Just as mental toughness and physical energy are the primary traits of an army, they also mark God's beautiful woman.
When you cultivate a godly thought life your soul will shine and you will exhibit the presence of the Lord in you.
Your little choices become habits that affect the bigger decisions you make in life.
YOU might be limited by a life situation, but GOD is never hampered. Praise Him!
Each Christian comes from a different background, upbringing, lineage, and environment. But in Christ we are unified.
Trials are not meant to defeat you. They are meant to be defeated.
Your trials and difficulties are a golden opportunity for joy.
If you want to grow spiritually, the place to start is with God.
Prayer and faith are bound together. Faith is the inspiration for prayer, and prayer is the expression of that faith.
Your better life is as close and as easy as making the choice to pick up your Bible each day, open it up, and let God speak to you.
Great souls by instinct to each other turn, demand alliance, and in friendship burn.
True wisdom is marked by willingness to listen and a sense of knowing when to yield.
Nurture the qualities in yourself that you desire in your friends.
True biblical love is sacrificing, purifying, nurturing, and enduring.
The more time you spend with God, the more you will resemble Him.
A marriage filled with unconditional love experiences the depth of grace and mercy.
Remembering to forget the past allows you freedom from a past that holds back your Christian growth.
Your friends are a reflection of you.
Exchange the bad habit of worrying with the excellent habit of trusting God.
The Bible is an ocean of instruction and wisdom. Dip daily into the vast pool to discover its truths.
No role brings greater joy or blessing than being a parent.
Between the Bible and the Holy Spirit, you have everything you need to grow spiritually. And the more you grow, the more God can use you.
As a Christian, your godly life and your godly mothering sends its shimmering wake throughout all eternity.
Each time you turn your life issues over to God and allow Him to lead, you build trust in Him.
God has written His divine guidelines for your life right in the Bible.
A friendship with the Lord will sustain you in difficult times.
When both you and your spouse actively focus on developing godly character qualities, the foundation of your marriage will be twice as strong.
Living in the Spirit changes your attitude, thinking, and ultimately your actions.
Much can be accomplished if you seek a heart of wisdom and walk diligently with God each and every day.
We must look to God for His grace and His power to perfect godly qualities in our lives.
Every act and choice you make is creating the real you and shaping your real life.
A God-focused attitude is positive and directs you to better the lives of those you love while giving God the glory.
When you choose to work with a willing, happy heart, you become a beautiful source of joy to all.
Let every hindrance to joy become the soil out of which joy blossoms.
The only wrong way to read the Bible is to not read it at all.
A woman who focuses on worshiping God will consider carefully how she is dressed, because her heart will dictate her wardrobe and appearance.
Joy is a sure sign of the presence of God in your life.
Never underestimate the significance of the little things done out of a large heart of love.
Little choices determine habit;Habit carves and molds characterWhich makes the big decisions.
Material blessings fade and deteriorate, but your riches in Christ are everlasting.
When you delight yourself in the Lord, His Word and His ways become the focus and foundation of your life.
The goodness you receive from God is a treasure for you to share with others.
When you think on the powerful truths of Scripture, God uses His Word to change your way of thinking.
Let a clear understanding of your identity In Christ shed light on all the ways you can live out your purpose.
Live to seek to draw close to God in all ways and seek His transforming love
There is no substitute for the strength that blesses a couple when they work together.
Your attitude toward others, work, and your daily life is a reflection of your attitude toward God.
Begin each day with God. It will change your priorities.
Personal discipline is a most powerful character quality and one worthy of dedicating your life to nurturing.
The Bible is the ultimate book of wisdom and advice.
Remember to say what you mean, but don't say it meanly.
Beauty should be the goal of your communication. Learn to speak with godly wisdom.
Resolve never to criticize or downgrade yourself, but instead rejoice that you are fearfully and wonderfully made.
Who you are in Christ is far more important and meaningful than what has taken place in your past.
To be God's people, to love Him fervently with whole hearts, is our sole desire.
No question, no problem, no concern, is too big or too small for God to handle!
God values Christian character, which shines in positive, outward conduct. Fashion your heart after Jesus.
Trouble and perplexity drive me to prayer, and prayer drives away perplexity and trouble.
Each new day is another chapter in the unfolding promise of deliverance and life.
When all is said and done, one of our rewards may be praise, but the greater reward is being faithful to follow our Lor and Savior, Jesus Christ.
The most important thing you must decide to do every day is put the Lord first.
An ordinary woman who makes herself available to an extraordinary God can do amazing things for God.
Worship is an inward reverence, the bowing down of the soul in the presence of God.
A joyful person is one who deals daily with their problems, faithfully and obediently counting their trials as joy.
Your trials and difficulties are a golden opportunity to illustrate your faith in God.
God has already provided all you need to live this one day His way!
It's one thing to have a goal, but it's quite another thing to actually accept the challenge, develop a strategy to press for the goal, make the sacrifices, pay the price to move forward, and blessing of blessing, to realize some part of it.
God will help you make the choices that guide you into His path for each stage and age of your life.
God uses the flawed, the failures, and the imperfect to accomplish His perfect will.
Like completing a run, living today begins with preparation, planning, and prayer.
We cannot begin to define God's knowledge. We know, simply and profoundly, that nothing is hidden from Him or incomprehensible to Him.
Allow God to use the difficulties and disappointments in life as polish to transform your faith into a glistening diamond that takes in and reflects His love.
Dust off that Bible. It has the answers you are looking for, and its delights await you.
God puts desires into your heart. His desires will actually become your desires, and your desires will be His.
Time spent praying and planning gives you a master plan that works for your home and sets a pattern of order for your life.
Who you are in Christ is far more important and meaningful than whatever has taken place in your past.
One of the greatest advantages of singleness is the potential for greater focus on Christ and accomplishing work for Him.
It's hard to criticize someone if you are praying for them.
We must pay a price if we are to become priceless.
He who teaches the Bible is never a scholar; he is always a student.
The degree of our spiritual strength will be in direct proportion to the time we spend in God's Word.
Trust holds fast, standing firm until deliverance arrives or a solution is found.
Make it your goal to employ the sweet speech that marks you as a wife after God's own heart.
This virtuous and very industrious woman needs physical strength and ability to do the work of her life, the work of love.
Work on what is real rather than worry about what is unreal.
Your assignment from God is not to change your husband, but to love, follow, assist, and minister to him.
When we view ourselves through the lens of God's Word, we better understand God's love for us and the worth we have in His eyes.
Your commitment to follow God's plan makes a difference in the atmosphere in your home and improves the climate of your marriage.
Whatsoever things are truethink on these things.

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