Christ . . . can only say to every group of Christian friends, “Ye have not chosen one another but I have chosen you for one another.”
From Proverbs 27:17: “Iron sharpens iron, and one person sharpens the wits of another.”
To be humble in heart . . . is to be submissive to the core. It involves being more interested in serving the needs of others than in having one’s own needs met.
From Philippians 2:3-4: “Do nothing from selfish ambition or empty conceit, but in humility regard others as better than yourselves. Let each of you look not to your own interests but to the interests of others.”
You will find as you look back upon your life, that the moments when you have truly lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love.
Character grows in the stream of the world’s life.
Henry Drummond (1851-1897) was a Scottish evangelist, writer, and lecturer.
The difference between school and life? In school, you’re taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you’re given a test that teaches you a lesson.
They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.
Tom Bodett (born 1955) is an American author, voice actor, and radio personality. He has been the brand spokesperson for Motel 6 for a number of years, where he reminds listeners that “we’ll leave the light on for you.”
Walking along distant shore
Splashing through love rolling in
Filling anticipation
For what might have been
Chasing footprints, still present
Wishing love would return back home
Filling eternal sunset
For dreams want to roam
Clinging to memory’s thoughts
Sorting images, clear and bright
Filling love’s gentle presence
For each morn beams light
Recalling tiny details
Bringing smiles inside lonely heart
Filling tender, childlike love
For music restarts
Longing for more sandy walks
Holding hands, together as one
Filling timeless connections
For love’s never done
Whenever I see your smiling face, I have to smile myself, because I love you, yes I do. (lyrics from “Your Smiling Face”)
Shower the people you love with love. (lyrics from “Shower The People”)
James Taylor (born 1948) is an American singer-songwriter. His talents have been well-recognized with six Grammy awards as well as being selected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000.
From Romans 5:3-4: “And not only that, but we also boast in our afflictions, knowing that affliction produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope.”
Relationship challenges
Sin attempts to break apart
Holy Spirit never rests
Love’s flame nurtures pair of hearts
Faithful steps follow Jesus
Light sharing grace every day
Together, praying as one
Love fills tomorrow’s gateway
Father extends helping hand
Darkness replaced with sunrise
Endurance sustains journey
Love eclipses gloomy skies
Marriage healing and growing
Faith’s commitment now restored
Mercy’s lasting promises
Love’s hymn, vows renewing chords
From Romans 5:5: “And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.”
How do you spell love? When we reach the point where the happiness, security, and development of another person is as much of a driving force to you as your own happiness, security, and development, then you have mature love. True love is spelled G-I-V-E.
From 1 John 4:7-12: “Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love. God’s love was revealed among us in this way: God sent His only Son into the world so that we might live through Him. In this is love, not that we loved God but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins. Beloved, since God loved us so much, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us, and His love is perfected in us.”
Josh McDowell (born 1939) is an American Christian evangelist and co-author of over 150 books.
You know someone is truly special when the most beautiful thing they have one is a kind soul.
If you have no one, you are poor; if you have an acquaintance, you are fortunate; if you have a friend, you are privileged; if you have a lover, you are rich; if you have a soulmate, you are wealthy.
Matshona Dhliwayo is a Canadian-based author and philosopher. Born in Zimbabwe, he shares his unique look at life throughout much of his writing.
From Romans 5:5: “Hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.”
Trust’s missing pieces
Empty vision’s space
Puzzle incomplete
Father’s grace, replace
Fear’s lack of patience
Filled with anxious space
Puzzle defective
Father’s grace, backspace
Shame’s torn-up pages
Tattered, sinful space
Puzzle uncertain
Father’s grace, erase
Hope’s shattered darkness
Doubts drain daily space
Puzzle fragmented
Father’s grace, embrace
Faith’s empty focus
Lost in prideful space
Puzzle imperfect
Father’s grace, retrace
From Romans 8:27: “And God, who searches hearts, knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.”
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