God has entrusted to us a great deal. He knows that we can do all things by His grace, so He’s trusting in us to trust Him.
From Psalm 31:7-8: “I will exult and rejoice in your steadfast love, because you have seen my affliction; you have taken heed of my adversities, and have not delivered me into the hand of the enemy; you have set my feet in a broad place.”
Nothing in the world is ever completely wrong. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
Tears are words that need to be written.
Life is not a problem to be solved but a mystery to be lived. Follow the path that is no path, follow your bliss.
You’ve got to say yes to this miracle of life as it is, not on the condition that it follow your rules.
If I were starting my family over again, I would give first priority to my wife and children, not my work.
From Psalm 90:12: “So teach us to count our days that we may gain a wise heart.”
The art of living . . . is neither careless drifting on the one hand nor fearful clinging to the past on the other.
No amount of anxiety makes any difference to anything that is going to happen.
Half an hour of listening is essential except when one is very busy. Then, a full hour is needed.
From Isaiah 41:1: “Listen to me in silence, O coastlands; let the peoples renew their strength; let them approach, then let them speak; let us together draw near for judgment.”
From 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18: “Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.”
A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion.
Surely happiness is reflective, like the light of heaven.
American Washington Irving (1783-1859) ranks as one of his country’s most renowned authors. His amazing short stories of “Rip Van Winkle” and “The Legend of Sleeping Hollow” remain all-time classics. Ironically, his final resting place is at the Sleeping Hollow Cemetery in New York state.
If we only give up something to God because we want more back, there is nothing of the Holy Spirit in our abandonment.
From Mark 10:28: “Peter began to say to Him [Jesus], ‘Look, we have left everything and followed you.'”
Overcome yourself and you can overcome any obstacle.
Life is not about what you can accumulate. I learned to live when I learned to give.
American entrepreneur, speaker, and author Anne Beiler (born 1949) is the founder of Auntie Anne’s Pretzels. Her Christian witness is a major piece of her motivational speaking and writing ventures.
The greatest honor we can give Almighty God is to live gladly because of the knowledge of His love.
From Proverbs 4:25-27: “Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you. Keep straight the path of your feet, and all your ways will be sure. Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your foot away from evil.”
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