But Mama taught me that a girl’s good looks soon fade, while what’s in her heart just keeps getting more beautiful.

So many times in life we try to protect what we value, but we are doubly blessed when we give it away. Have you given away your love today? Have you shared your faith? If not, what are you waiting for?

But flowers feed our soul in a different way. They remind us of a God who creates beautiful things and takes notice of the tiniest detail.

As she walked, the horror stories she'd heard from Felix and the others became real. This is what their underground efforts were fighting against. These camps, these guards, were reality to thousands of people... Reality to the person who had just made the trip up the chimney. If they did not stop this madness, it would be the end of them all.

It's hard to know, isn't it, whether the things we face are just because the world is full of sin and sinful people, or if God is working out a plan,' Grandma continued. 'I happen to think it's both. There's sin, but through it all, He takes the mess we make and paints a masterpiece. In fact, I'm quite certain that before God can ever bless a woman—and use her to impact many—He uses the hammer, the file, and the furnace to do a holy work.

If you were to lock me away in a white room in a straitjacket it would actually feel comforting as long as the walls were spotless and nobody wore shoes. - Allyson

God made something special when He made you.

She was drowning—in friendliness, in community—and she was starting to think she didn't want to get pulled out.

But flowers feed our soul in a different way. They remind us of a God who creates beautiful things and takes notice of the tiniest detail

I can actually feel the house getting dirty. Like I have nerve endings in the carpet. - Allyson