~General George Patton~
I would rather share one lifetime with you than face all the ages of this world alone.
~The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring~
If you trust in nothing else... trust this... trust us.
~The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers~
All you have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to you.
~The Lord of the Rings, Return of the King~
Flying is the art of falling, and getting distracted, such that you miss the ground.
~Unknown~
We love God best when we love well those He has placed us in relationship with.
~Steven Curtis Chapman~
We are most alive when we are in love.
~John Updike~
Sometimes the things we are most afraid of are the things that are most worthwhile.
~Unknown~
God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him.
~John Piper~
Each day is a day that God has given us, and each moment of that day is in His hands.
~Roy Lessin~
The two important things I did learn were that you are as powerful and strong as you allow yourself to be, and that the most difficult part of any endeavor is taking the first step, making the first decision.
~Robyn Davidson~
All over the quiet plains, beneath the snow on the high mountains, rustling through the cattails that congregate along the water, you can feel the presence of a promise. On cold nights when you look at the sky, sometimes your breath catches in your throat at how bright the night can be. The dark spaces between the stars aren't as dark as you thought they were; not nearly as dark as the tree line on the horizon, and as you stand there shivering with your hands bunched in your pockets suddenly you remember that you're standing on a rock in the middle of space. Suddenly the notion that there's a Someone who made it all and knows us all no longer seems quite so far-fetched; indeed, it seems too good to be false.
But here we toil and we till the hard earth, where even the warm times with friend and kin are lonely because we know they won't last long enough to quiet the ache. Our sadness points to Home the way hunger points to the feast, the way the light of the cratered moon is always facing the sun, always pointing to where the dawn will come like a pillar of fire when this rock we walk on turns again to burning day. All over the quiet plains and the cold stone cities full of dying and shame the promise is not drowned out by the weeping; it is declared by it.
God died as a man and rose again, and the sound of the fiery blast of Death exploding shook the firmament. Throughout the wail and shudder, over the shriek and moan of man the thunder has sounded and sung, and it is both the answer and the promise. It sings still, and you can hear what it says if you listen: Love Never Dies.
~Andrew Peterson~
Letting go of the past and embracing the future are the two hardest tasks we will face in our lives...
~Unknown~
God has not called us to the place of perfect service, but to the place of faithful service... not to the place of work without rest, but to the place of rest in our work... not to the place of making everyone happy, but to the place of pleasing Him.
~Roy Lessin~
We're all just a bunch of sick people who need the Lord. Once we stop putting up a good front, it's so much easier for God to work.
~Michael W. Smith~
To love another person is to help them love God.
~Soren Kierkegaard~
Memories are funny things. So selective, and yet you still remember dissapointments and hurts from your childhood along with good times and holidays. Why do we want to forget pain and remember happiness? Happiness may feel good, but it teaches us nothing. We learn so much from being hurt and yet we seek to avoid it. Do you still blush when you think of a time you were embarassed? Do you still feel a sense of rejection when you think of the first person you liked that didn't like you back? Do you remember the thrill of that first long walk in the rain?
~Benjamin Nodine~