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Tom Bodett Quotes

Posted on November 18, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

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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.”

Timeless Connections

Posted on November 16, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

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

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James Taylor Quotes

Posted on November 16, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

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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.

Love’s Hymn

Posted on November 15, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

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.”

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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

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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.”

Josh McDowell Quote

Posted on November 15, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

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.

Matshona Dhliwayo Quotes

Posted on November 6, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

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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.

Puzzle Incomplete

Posted on October 25, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

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.”

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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

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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.”

Leo Tolstoy Quote

Posted on October 24, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be.

If you look for perfection, you’ll never be content.

Leo (Count Lev Nikolayevich) Tolstoy (1828-1910) was a Russian writer. Many consider him to be one the world’s greatest authors of all-time.

Sheila Cragg Quote

Posted on October 20, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

God calls us to seek Him daily in order to serve Him daily.

From Psalm 92:1-2: “It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to Your name, O Most High, to declare Your steadfast love in the morning and Your faithfulness by night.”

Sheila Cragg (born 1938) is an American Christian writer. Her numerous books share a dynamic faith and witness, and she has served as a mentor for other Christian writers.

Tom Hanks Quotes

Posted on October 12, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

A hero is somebody who voluntarily walks into the unknown.

There’s no substitute for a great love who says, “No matter what’s wrong with you, you’re welcome at this table.”

Tom Hanks (born 1956) is an American actor and filmmaker. Easily transitioning between comedic and dramatic roles, he has become one of the most honored and respected in his profession. He is an avid collector of manual typewriters with a collection of well over 200.

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