The greatness of a man’s power is the measure of his surrender.
From Matthew 11:28: “Come to Me, all you who are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.”
William Booth (1829-1912) was an English preacher; who along with his wife, Catherine, founded the Salvation Army.
The best place to start doing life with God is in small moments.
From Psalm 33:18-19: “Truly the eye of the Lord is on those who fear Him, on those who hope in His steadfast love, to deliver their soul from death and to keep them alive in famine.”
John Ortberg (born 1957) is an American pastor as well as a Christian author and speaker.
If you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it’s your world for a moment.
Nobody sees a flower really; it is so small. We haven’t time, and to see takes time–like to have a friend takes time.
Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986) was an American modernist painter whose career spanned seven decades. She was born in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin.
Earth’s crammed with heaven, and every common bush afire with God: But only he who sees takes off his shoes.
From Exodus 3:4-5: “When the Lord saw that he had turned aside to see, God called to him out of the bush, ‘Moses, Moses!’ And he said, ‘Here I am.’ Then He said, ‘Come no closer! Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.'”
Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861) was an English poet of the Victorian era. Her published works earned popularity in both Great Britain and the United States.
All roads lead to something you were predestined to do.
Everyone is a hundred different things, but in other people’s eyes we usually get the chance to be only one of them.
Fredrik Backman (born 1981) is a Swedish author, blogger, and columnist.
God has the right to be trusted; to be believed that He means what He says; and that His love is dependable.
From Proverbs 3:5-6: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make straight your paths.”
A. J. (Arthur John) Gossip (1873-1954) was a Scottish-born pastor and Christian teacher.
I not only bow to the inevitable; I am fortified by it.
The stuff of which masterpieces are made drifts about the world waiting to be clothed in words.
Thornton Wilder (1897-1975) was an American playwright and novelist. His gifted words earned three Pulitzer Prizes for Drama and Fiction.
If light be pleasant to our eyes, how pleasant is the light of life springing from the Sun of righteousness.
From Malachi 4:2: “But for you who revere My name the sun of righteousness shall rise, with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall.”
John Flavel (c. 1627-1691) was an English Puritan pastor and Christian author.
God invites us to come directly into His presence by way of His own dear Son.
From John 14:6: “Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.'”
W. Phillip Keller (1920-1997) was born in Africa as the son of missionary parents. His life’s mission would allow him to become a world citizen as a photographer, agronomist, and Christian author.
Stephen Hawking (1942-2018): English theoretical physicist and cosmologist. His studies concluded that there is likely no border or boundary to the universe.
To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit.
Annie Jump Cannon (1863-1941): American astronomer. She has been called the “census taker of the sky.” She manually classified around 350,000 stars.
Classifying the stars has helped materially in all studies of the structure of the universe.
Johannes Kepler (1571-1630): German astronomer. His research determined that as the planets travel around the Sun, they move in an elliptical orbit.
The treasures hidden in the heavens are so rich that the human mind shall never be lacking in fresh nourishment.
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