
After all, all weather comes and goes, and no storm ever hurt the sky.
We can learn to return home to our open hearts at any moment.

After all, all weather comes and goes, and no storm ever hurt the sky.
We can learn to return home to our open hearts at any moment.

Extraordinary afflictions are not always the punishment of extraordinary sins, but sometimes the trial of extraordinary grace.
From James 4:5-6: “Or do you suppose that it is for nothing that the scripture says, ‘God yearns jealously for the spirit that He has made to dwell in us’? But he gives all the more grace; therefore it says.”

When a human being is born, the first thing he does is crying. The rest of his life he’ll spend discovering why.
You can only find the right way after you lost it.

One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.
Don’t gain the world and lose your soul; wisdom is better than silver and gold.
Bob Marley (1945-1981) was a Jamaican-born singer, songwriter, and musician. His unique and pioneering musical talents shared many inspiring songs.

Listen carefully! Jesus Christ opens the gate, gently looks at you, and says: “Come to Me, all you who labor and are over burdened, and I will cause you to rest.” Just come. His provision is profound, attainable, and right.
From Psalm 32:7: “You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with glad cries of deliverance.”

A just society is a society that if you knew everything about it, you’d be willing to enter it in a random place.
Religious faith is an important aspect of American culture and a fact of American political life.
John Rawls (1921-2002) is an American political philosopher. Some of his writings emphasize the concept of “justice as fairness.”

The only way to know the strength of God is to take the yoke of Jesus upon us and learn of Him.
From Matthew 11:29: “Take My yoke upon you, and learn from Me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.”

The evidence of God’s great power is all over your life. Live confidently, knowing our loving, omnipotent God dwells within you.
From Psalm 16:11: You show Me the path of life. In your presence there is fullness of joy; in your right hand are pleasures forevermore.”

Always give without remembering and always receive without forgetting.
Avoid negative people at all costs. They are the greatest destroyers of self-confidence and self-esteem.

Mount Rushmore National Monument is located in South Dakota’s Black Hills. The sculptured figures of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln stand watch.
Happiness depends more upon the internal frame of a person’s own mind, than the externals in the world.
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.