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So if you want to smile through your tears, if you want to rejoice through times of suffering, just keep reminding yourself that, as a Christian, what you’re going through isn’t the end of the story . . . it’s simply the rough journey that leads to the right destination.
From Psalm 106:3: “Happy are those who observe justice, who do righteousness at all times.”
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Learning God’s truth and getting it into our heads is one thing, but living God’s truth and getting it into our characters is quite something else.
From Ephesians 4:25: “So then, putting away falsehood, let all of us speak the truth to our neighbors, for we are members of one another.”
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Deep in the dark night of the suffering soul comes a moment when nothing intellectual or psychological matters. It is the time of the touch, the tender touch, a hand held, a cheek kissed, a holy embrace that conveys more to the human spirit than anything from tongue or pen.
From 1 Peter 3:8: Finally, all of you, have unity of spirit, sympathy, love for one another, a tender heart, and a humble mind.
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All of life is peaks and valleys. Don’t let the peaks get too high and the valleys too low.
Talent is God-given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.
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Every thought is a seed. If you plant crab apples, don’t count on harvesting golden delicious.
From Matthew 7:12: “(Jesus is speaking) In everything do to others as you would have them do to you; for this is the law and the prophets.”
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The Scriptures were not given for our information, but for our transformation.
From Psalm 119:105: “Your Word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.”
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Earthly fears are no fears at all. Answer the big question of eternity, and the little questions of life fall into perspective.
From 1 Corinthians 4:6: “I have applied all this to Apollos and myself for your benefit, brothers and sisters, so that you may learn through us the meaning of the saying, ‘Nothing beyond what is written,’ so that none of you will be puffed up in favor of one against another.”
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Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing ’til it gets there.
There are lots of people who mistake their imagination for their memory.
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The most interesting information comes from children, for they tell all they know and then stop.
Writing is easy. All you have to do is cross out the wrong words.
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Under heaven’s lock and key, we are protected by the most efficient security system available–the power of God.
From 1 Peter 1:5: By this great mercy He [God] has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ . . . and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, who are being protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.”
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