"I know how to abound" (Philippians 4:12).
There are many who know "how to be abased," who have not learned "how to abound." When they are set on the top of a pinnacle, their heads grow dizzy, and they are ready to fall. The Christian far more often disgraces his profession in prosperity than in adversity. It is a dangerous thing to be prosperous. The crucible of adversity is a less sever trial to the Christian than the refining-pot of prosperity. Oh, what leanness of soul and neglect of spiritual things have been brought on through the very mercies and bounties of God! Yet, this not a matter of necessity, for the apostle tells us that he knew how to abound. When he had much, he knew how to use it. Abundant grace enabled him to bear abundant prosperity. It takes more than human skill to carry the brimming cup of mortal joy with a steady hand. Yet, Paul had learned that skill, for he declares, "In all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry." It is a divine lesson to know how to be full, for the Israelites were full once. But while the flesh was yet in their mouth, the wrath of God came upon them. Many have asked for mercies that they might satisfy their own hearts' lust. Fullness of bread has often made fullness of blood, and that has brought on wantonness of spirit. We are full, and we forget God. Satisfied with earth, we are content to do without heaven. Take care that you ask in your prayers that God would teach you "how to be full."
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
"You are there!" Psalm 139
I used to say that I could live anywhere. Then God brought me back here.
How can one so spoiled, so overwhelmed by blessing be so ungrateful?
I remember being thankful in Chuuk. We didn't have water sometimes. We had to flush using buckets of rain that fell from our roof. We had to wash our hair by sticking our head into that same bucket. Or when our students were so nukumach. But it was like God kept pouring His love into our hearts for them. And somehow we managed to be thankful.
I remember being thankful in San Diego two summers ago, at Columbia International University, when the Lord led me to the Middle East this summer, and when He then let me go to Ukraine. Thankfulness prevailed.
What changed? What happened?
And God still continues to work in my life. And I've been wondering a lot lately how He works all things together for good for those who love Him and who are called according to His purposes (Romans 8:28).
How can one so spoiled, so overwhelmed by blessing be so ungrateful?
I remember being thankful in Chuuk. We didn't have water sometimes. We had to flush using buckets of rain that fell from our roof. We had to wash our hair by sticking our head into that same bucket. Or when our students were so nukumach. But it was like God kept pouring His love into our hearts for them. And somehow we managed to be thankful.
I remember being thankful in San Diego two summers ago, at Columbia International University, when the Lord led me to the Middle East this summer, and when He then let me go to Ukraine. Thankfulness prevailed.
What changed? What happened?
And God still continues to work in my life. And I've been wondering a lot lately how He works all things together for good for those who love Him and who are called according to His purposes (Romans 8:28).
Friday, February 5, 2010
good stuff
wow. so much is happening. and, yet, nothing is happening from other perspectives. my circumstances - is this really my life? all these questions and trying to work things out with the Lord... it's been flowing through my journal to Him constantly. it finally made its way out, especially to my mother who had me on a furry the other day (well, i had myself on it.) but it's weird lately. it's different from before. i feel like God is actually going to teach me something life-changing through all these months of... questioning. not that He wasn't going to teach before but maybe, maybe... He sprouted the mustard seed in my heart.
my parents went on a cruise this past fall. they went with some best friends of theirs from way back. these friends had invited another couple along. my mom came home with a fiction book that the friend's friend had read, then she finished, then had passed to my mom. i took it off her shelf over a month ago. i finally started reading it a few days ago, could hardly put it down last night, read more when i woke up this morning, and finally finished it. it wasn't that great of a story in my opinion. it wasn't even a very well written book in my opinion. i won't name it on here.
but God used it in my brain. you know, it kept me thinking and rethinking about a lot of what i was already thinking. :)
it was more than just these but this is what i wanted to share with you all:
at the beginning of every chapter were quotes. i thought they were quite appropriate.
"If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other." --Mother Teresa
"Have compassion on me, Lord, for I am weak. Heal me, Lord, for my body is in agony. I am sick at heart. How long, O Lord, until you restore me?" Psalm 6:2-3
"From childhood's hour I have not been
As other were - I have not seen
As others saw..."
-- "Alone," Edgar Allen Poe
"May the God of peace... equip you with all you need for doing his will. May he produce in you... all that is pleasing to him." Hebrews 13:21
"Because of God's tender mercy, the light from heaven is about to break upon us, to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, and to guide us to the path of peace." Luke 1:78-79
"Step with His light and keep following." --Elsi Dodge
"The truth, even though I cannot feel it right now, is that I am the chosen child of God, precious in God's eyes, called the Beloved from all eternity and held safe in an everlasting embrace." --Henri J. M. Nouwen
"Even in darkness I cannot hide from you." Psalm 139:12
"Don't waste life in doubts and fears;
spend yourself on the work before you,
well assured that the right performance of this hour's duties
will be the best preparation for the hours and ages that will follow it."
--Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Who make people so they can... see or not see? Is it not I, the Lord? Now go, and do as I have told you. I will help you..." Exodus 4:11-12
"Adversity... usually takes us by surprise... To us it often appears completely senseless and irrational, but... God... has a purpose in every pain He brings or allows in our lives. He intends it for our profit and His glory." --Jerry Bridges
"I have sent them into captivity for their own good. ...I will give them hearts that will recognize me as the Lord. They will be my people, and I will be their God, for they will return to me wholeheartedly." Jeremiah 24:6-7
"There are always uncertainties ahead, but there is always one certainty - God's will is good." --Vernon Paterson
"I am the Lord, the God of all the peoples of the world. Is anything too hard for me?" Jeremiah 32:27
"I can't say as I was ever lost, but I was bewildered once for three days." --Daniel Boone
"O Lord, you have examined my heart and know everything about me... You chart the path ahead of me... You both precede me and follow me." Psalm 139:1, 3, 5
"We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be." ---C. S. Lewis
"Whether we like it or not, we will obey the Lord our God... For if we obey him, everything will turn out well for us." Jeremiah 42:6
"We cannot truly face life until we face the fact that it will be taken away from us." --Billy Graham
"The thought of my suffering... is bitter beyond words. I will never forget this awful time." Lamentations 3:19-20
"He is blind who thinks he sees everything." --Charles Haddon Spurgeon
"For we walk by faith, not by sight." 2 Corinthians 5:7
"The evil plan is most harmful to the planner." --Hesiod
"While their hatred may be concealed by trickery, it will finally come to light for all to see." Proverbs 26:26
"The heart has eyes which the brain knows nothing of." --Helen Keller
"You are God's field." 1 Corinthians 3:9
"Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable." --Jane Austen
"You chart the path ahead of me." Psalm 139:3
"The conditions of conquest are always easy. We have but to toil awhile, endure awhile, believe always, and never turn back." --Marcus Annaeus Seneca
"Endurance develops strength of character." Romans 5:4
"What a man really wants is creative challenge... so that he may have the expanding joy of achievement." --Fay B. Nash
"If we are out of our mind, is for the sake of God." 2 Corinthians 5:13
"It's the constant and determined effort that breaks down all resistance, sweeps away all obstacles." --Clause M. Bristol
"I will give them singleness of heart." Ezekiel 11:19
"Don't let us make imaginary evils, when you know we have so many real ones to encounter." --Oliver Goldsmith
"Woe to those who go to great depths to hide their plans from the Lord, who do their work in darkness and think, 'Who sees us? Who will know?'" Isaiah 29:15
"Want to make God laugh? Tell Him you've got plans." --Anonymous
"Stop right where you are! Look for the old, godly ways, and walk in it. Travel its path, and you will find rest for your soul." Jeremiah 6:16
"Each of us may be sure that if God sends us on stony paths He will provide us with strong shoes, and He will not send us out on any journey for which He does not equip us well." --Alexander MacLaren
"Beware, the Lord is about to take firm hold of you." Isaiah 22:17
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." --Mark Twain
"You don't understand now... someday you will." John 13:7
"None of us knows what the next change is going to be, what unexpected opportunity is just around the corner, waiting... to change all the tenor of our lives." --Kathleen Norris
"He thwarts the plans of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success." Job 5:12
"Life is all about timing... Have the patience, wait it out. It's all about timing." --Stacey Charter
"These things I plan won't happen right away. Slowly, steadily, surely, the time approaches when the vision will be fulfilled. if it seems slow, wait patiently, for it will surely take place." Habakkuk 2:3
"The wise man in the storm prays to God, not for safety from danger, but deliverance from fear." --Ralph Waldo Emerson
"And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." Joel 2:32
"I trust everyone. I just don't trust the devil inside them." --Troy Kennedy-Martin
"What a difference between our sin and God's generous gift of forgiveness." Romans 5:15
"Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; argument is an exchange of ignorance." --Robert Quillen
"Come now, let us reason together." Isaiah 1:18
"Art attracts us only by what it reveals of our most secret self." --Jean-Luc Godard
"For we are God's masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so that we can do the good things he planned for us long ago." Ephesians 2:10
"Do not be afraid of tomorrow; for God is already there." --Anonymous
"You will have courage because you will have hope. You will be protected and will rest in safety." Job 11:18
"Nothing is easier than self-deceit. For what each man wishes, that he also believes to be true." --Diane Arbus
"Both hands are skilled in doing evil." Micah 7:3
"In the midst of our dark and foggy times, all sorts of voices are shouting orders into the night, telling us what to do, how to adjust our lives. Out of the darkness, one voice signals something quite opposite to the rest - something almost absurd. But the voice happens to be the Light of the World, and we ignore it at our peril." --Paul Aiello Jr.
"I am overwhelmed, and you alone know the way I should turn." Psalm 142:3
"more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of." --Alfred, Lord Tennyson
"It is not my heavenly Father's will that even one of these little ones should perish." Matthew 18:14
"A child's world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement. It is our misfortune that for most of us that clear-eyed vision, that true instinct for what is beautiful and awe-inspiring is dimmed and even lost before we read adulthood." --Rachel Carson
"But I solemnly swear to keep you safe." Genesis 6:18
"Evil when we are in its power is not felt as evil but as a necessity, or even a duty." --Simone Weil
"Don't let evil get the best of you." Romans 12:21
"Not only do we not know God except through Jesus Christ; We do not even know ourselves except through Jesus Christ." --Blaise Pascal
"Then Jesus places his hands over the man's eyes again. As the man stared intently, his sight was completely restored; and he could see everything clearly." mark 8:25
"Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones. And when you have finished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake." --Victor Hugo
"I still dare to hope when I remember this: The unfailing love of the Lord never ends! By his mercies we have been kept from complete destruction." Lamentations 3:21-22
"Do not lose your inward peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset." --Saint Francis De Sales
"Don't be afraid, for I am with you. Do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will help you." Isaiah 41:10
"There is much in the world to make us afraid. There is much more in our faith to make us unafraid." --Frederick W. Cropp
"And so, Lord, where do I put my hope? My only hope is in you." Psalm 39:7
"There seemed to be endless obstacles... it seemed that the root cause of them all was fear." --Joanna Field
"Give your burdens to the Lord, and he will take care of you. He will not permit the godly to slip and fall." Psalm 55:12
"This was the unkindest cut of all." --William Shakespeare
"My heart is in anguish... Oh, how I wish I had wings like a dove; then I would fly away and rest!... [For] it is not an enemy who taunts me - I could bear that... Instead, it is you - my equal, my companion and close friend." Psalm 55:4, 6, 12-13
"Long is our winter, dark is our night, Come set us free, O Saving Light!" --German Prayer
"Do not stay so far from me, for trouble is near, and no one else can help me." Psalm 22:1
"We turn to God for help when our foundations are shaking, only to learn that it is God who is shaking them." --Charles C. West
"My thoughts are completely different from yours, says that Lord. And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine." Isaiah 55:8
"Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair." --Admund Burke
"he lifted me out of the pit of despair, out of the mud and the mire. He set my feet on solid ground and steadied me as I walked along." psalm 40:2
"The wicked are always surprised to find that the good can be clever." --Marquis De Vauvenargues
"Even when I walk through the dark valley of death, I will not be afraid, for you are close beside me. Your rod and your staff protect and comfort me." Psalm 23:4
"We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lost infinite hope." --Martin Luther King Jr.
"We who have fled to [God] for refuge can take new courage, for we can hold on to this promise with confidence. this confidence is like a strong and trustworthy anchor for our souls." Hebrews 6:18-19
"While we are free to choose our actions, we are not free to choose the consequences of our actions." --Stephen R. Covey
"A prudent person foresees the danger ahead and takes precautions; the simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences." Proverbs 22:3
"Show me a man who knows his own heart and to him I shall belong." --Hewel Kilcher
"And I can't stop! If I say I'll never mention [him] or speak his name, [it] burns in my heart like a fire. It's like a fire in my bones! I am weary of holding it in!" Jeremiah 20:9
"When the world says, 'Give up,' Hope whispers, 'Try it one more time.'" --Unknown
"But if we look forward to something we don't have yet, we must wait patiently and confidently." Romans 8:25
"Everything that happens happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so." --Marcus Aurelius
"Therefore, since we have been made right in God's sight by faith, we have peace with God because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has done for us. Because our faith, Christ has brought us into this place of highest privilege where we now stand, and we confidently and joyfully looks forward to sharing God's glory." Romans 5:1-2
"People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is light from within." --Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
"For you are a holy people, who belong to the Lord your God." Deuteronomy 7:6
...And isn't that last verse fitting for such a blog as this?
my parents went on a cruise this past fall. they went with some best friends of theirs from way back. these friends had invited another couple along. my mom came home with a fiction book that the friend's friend had read, then she finished, then had passed to my mom. i took it off her shelf over a month ago. i finally started reading it a few days ago, could hardly put it down last night, read more when i woke up this morning, and finally finished it. it wasn't that great of a story in my opinion. it wasn't even a very well written book in my opinion. i won't name it on here.
but God used it in my brain. you know, it kept me thinking and rethinking about a lot of what i was already thinking. :)
it was more than just these but this is what i wanted to share with you all:
at the beginning of every chapter were quotes. i thought they were quite appropriate.
"If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other." --Mother Teresa
"Have compassion on me, Lord, for I am weak. Heal me, Lord, for my body is in agony. I am sick at heart. How long, O Lord, until you restore me?" Psalm 6:2-3
"From childhood's hour I have not been
As other were - I have not seen
As others saw..."
-- "Alone," Edgar Allen Poe
"May the God of peace... equip you with all you need for doing his will. May he produce in you... all that is pleasing to him." Hebrews 13:21
"Because of God's tender mercy, the light from heaven is about to break upon us, to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, and to guide us to the path of peace." Luke 1:78-79
"Step with His light and keep following." --Elsi Dodge
"The truth, even though I cannot feel it right now, is that I am the chosen child of God, precious in God's eyes, called the Beloved from all eternity and held safe in an everlasting embrace." --Henri J. M. Nouwen
"Even in darkness I cannot hide from you." Psalm 139:12
"Don't waste life in doubts and fears;
spend yourself on the work before you,
well assured that the right performance of this hour's duties
will be the best preparation for the hours and ages that will follow it."
--Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Who make people so they can... see or not see? Is it not I, the Lord? Now go, and do as I have told you. I will help you..." Exodus 4:11-12
"Adversity... usually takes us by surprise... To us it often appears completely senseless and irrational, but... God... has a purpose in every pain He brings or allows in our lives. He intends it for our profit and His glory." --Jerry Bridges
"I have sent them into captivity for their own good. ...I will give them hearts that will recognize me as the Lord. They will be my people, and I will be their God, for they will return to me wholeheartedly." Jeremiah 24:6-7
"There are always uncertainties ahead, but there is always one certainty - God's will is good." --Vernon Paterson
"I am the Lord, the God of all the peoples of the world. Is anything too hard for me?" Jeremiah 32:27
"I can't say as I was ever lost, but I was bewildered once for three days." --Daniel Boone
"O Lord, you have examined my heart and know everything about me... You chart the path ahead of me... You both precede me and follow me." Psalm 139:1, 3, 5
"We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be." ---C. S. Lewis
"Whether we like it or not, we will obey the Lord our God... For if we obey him, everything will turn out well for us." Jeremiah 42:6
"We cannot truly face life until we face the fact that it will be taken away from us." --Billy Graham
"The thought of my suffering... is bitter beyond words. I will never forget this awful time." Lamentations 3:19-20
"He is blind who thinks he sees everything." --Charles Haddon Spurgeon
"For we walk by faith, not by sight." 2 Corinthians 5:7
"The evil plan is most harmful to the planner." --Hesiod
"While their hatred may be concealed by trickery, it will finally come to light for all to see." Proverbs 26:26
"The heart has eyes which the brain knows nothing of." --Helen Keller
"You are God's field." 1 Corinthians 3:9
"Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable." --Jane Austen
"You chart the path ahead of me." Psalm 139:3
"The conditions of conquest are always easy. We have but to toil awhile, endure awhile, believe always, and never turn back." --Marcus Annaeus Seneca
"Endurance develops strength of character." Romans 5:4
"What a man really wants is creative challenge... so that he may have the expanding joy of achievement." --Fay B. Nash
"If we are out of our mind, is for the sake of God." 2 Corinthians 5:13
"It's the constant and determined effort that breaks down all resistance, sweeps away all obstacles." --Clause M. Bristol
"I will give them singleness of heart." Ezekiel 11:19
"Don't let us make imaginary evils, when you know we have so many real ones to encounter." --Oliver Goldsmith
"Woe to those who go to great depths to hide their plans from the Lord, who do their work in darkness and think, 'Who sees us? Who will know?'" Isaiah 29:15
"Want to make God laugh? Tell Him you've got plans." --Anonymous
"Stop right where you are! Look for the old, godly ways, and walk in it. Travel its path, and you will find rest for your soul." Jeremiah 6:16
"Each of us may be sure that if God sends us on stony paths He will provide us with strong shoes, and He will not send us out on any journey for which He does not equip us well." --Alexander MacLaren
"Beware, the Lord is about to take firm hold of you." Isaiah 22:17
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." --Mark Twain
"You don't understand now... someday you will." John 13:7
"None of us knows what the next change is going to be, what unexpected opportunity is just around the corner, waiting... to change all the tenor of our lives." --Kathleen Norris
"He thwarts the plans of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success." Job 5:12
"Life is all about timing... Have the patience, wait it out. It's all about timing." --Stacey Charter
"These things I plan won't happen right away. Slowly, steadily, surely, the time approaches when the vision will be fulfilled. if it seems slow, wait patiently, for it will surely take place." Habakkuk 2:3
"The wise man in the storm prays to God, not for safety from danger, but deliverance from fear." --Ralph Waldo Emerson
"And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." Joel 2:32
"I trust everyone. I just don't trust the devil inside them." --Troy Kennedy-Martin
"What a difference between our sin and God's generous gift of forgiveness." Romans 5:15
"Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; argument is an exchange of ignorance." --Robert Quillen
"Come now, let us reason together." Isaiah 1:18
"Art attracts us only by what it reveals of our most secret self." --Jean-Luc Godard
"For we are God's masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so that we can do the good things he planned for us long ago." Ephesians 2:10
"Do not be afraid of tomorrow; for God is already there." --Anonymous
"You will have courage because you will have hope. You will be protected and will rest in safety." Job 11:18
"Nothing is easier than self-deceit. For what each man wishes, that he also believes to be true." --Diane Arbus
"Both hands are skilled in doing evil." Micah 7:3
"In the midst of our dark and foggy times, all sorts of voices are shouting orders into the night, telling us what to do, how to adjust our lives. Out of the darkness, one voice signals something quite opposite to the rest - something almost absurd. But the voice happens to be the Light of the World, and we ignore it at our peril." --Paul Aiello Jr.
"I am overwhelmed, and you alone know the way I should turn." Psalm 142:3
"more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of." --Alfred, Lord Tennyson
"It is not my heavenly Father's will that even one of these little ones should perish." Matthew 18:14
"A child's world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement. It is our misfortune that for most of us that clear-eyed vision, that true instinct for what is beautiful and awe-inspiring is dimmed and even lost before we read adulthood." --Rachel Carson
"But I solemnly swear to keep you safe." Genesis 6:18
"Evil when we are in its power is not felt as evil but as a necessity, or even a duty." --Simone Weil
"Don't let evil get the best of you." Romans 12:21
"Not only do we not know God except through Jesus Christ; We do not even know ourselves except through Jesus Christ." --Blaise Pascal
"Then Jesus places his hands over the man's eyes again. As the man stared intently, his sight was completely restored; and he could see everything clearly." mark 8:25
"Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones. And when you have finished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake." --Victor Hugo
"I still dare to hope when I remember this: The unfailing love of the Lord never ends! By his mercies we have been kept from complete destruction." Lamentations 3:21-22
"Do not lose your inward peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset." --Saint Francis De Sales
"Don't be afraid, for I am with you. Do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will help you." Isaiah 41:10
"There is much in the world to make us afraid. There is much more in our faith to make us unafraid." --Frederick W. Cropp
"And so, Lord, where do I put my hope? My only hope is in you." Psalm 39:7
"There seemed to be endless obstacles... it seemed that the root cause of them all was fear." --Joanna Field
"Give your burdens to the Lord, and he will take care of you. He will not permit the godly to slip and fall." Psalm 55:12
"This was the unkindest cut of all." --William Shakespeare
"My heart is in anguish... Oh, how I wish I had wings like a dove; then I would fly away and rest!... [For] it is not an enemy who taunts me - I could bear that... Instead, it is you - my equal, my companion and close friend." Psalm 55:4, 6, 12-13
"Long is our winter, dark is our night, Come set us free, O Saving Light!" --German Prayer
"Do not stay so far from me, for trouble is near, and no one else can help me." Psalm 22:1
"We turn to God for help when our foundations are shaking, only to learn that it is God who is shaking them." --Charles C. West
"My thoughts are completely different from yours, says that Lord. And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine." Isaiah 55:8
"Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair." --Admund Burke
"he lifted me out of the pit of despair, out of the mud and the mire. He set my feet on solid ground and steadied me as I walked along." psalm 40:2
"The wicked are always surprised to find that the good can be clever." --Marquis De Vauvenargues
"Even when I walk through the dark valley of death, I will not be afraid, for you are close beside me. Your rod and your staff protect and comfort me." Psalm 23:4
"We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lost infinite hope." --Martin Luther King Jr.
"We who have fled to [God] for refuge can take new courage, for we can hold on to this promise with confidence. this confidence is like a strong and trustworthy anchor for our souls." Hebrews 6:18-19
"While we are free to choose our actions, we are not free to choose the consequences of our actions." --Stephen R. Covey
"A prudent person foresees the danger ahead and takes precautions; the simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences." Proverbs 22:3
"Show me a man who knows his own heart and to him I shall belong." --Hewel Kilcher
"And I can't stop! If I say I'll never mention [him] or speak his name, [it] burns in my heart like a fire. It's like a fire in my bones! I am weary of holding it in!" Jeremiah 20:9
"When the world says, 'Give up,' Hope whispers, 'Try it one more time.'" --Unknown
"But if we look forward to something we don't have yet, we must wait patiently and confidently." Romans 8:25
"Everything that happens happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so." --Marcus Aurelius
"Therefore, since we have been made right in God's sight by faith, we have peace with God because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has done for us. Because our faith, Christ has brought us into this place of highest privilege where we now stand, and we confidently and joyfully looks forward to sharing God's glory." Romans 5:1-2
"People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is light from within." --Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
"For you are a holy people, who belong to the Lord your God." Deuteronomy 7:6
...And isn't that last verse fitting for such a blog as this?
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