Flexing doesn’t come easy. The body must first break down to build muscle. As the muscle fibers repair themselves, they heal back stronger. Faith can be the same way. When life throws a challenging crisis our way, our faith can flounder, doubts creep in, or in some way we break down, but then God lets us know He’s been by our side all along.

You know you're under a book deadline when... Your husband's putting spray-can whipped cream in his coffee because we ran out of creamer four days ago.