The decisions you make today will determine the stories you tell tomorrow.
From 2 Peter 3:17-18: “You therefore, beloved, since you are forewarned, beware that you are not carried away with the error of the lawless and lose your own stability. But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.”
Craig Groeschel (born 1967) is an America pastor and Christian author.
We turn not older with years but newer every day.
Forever is composed of nows.
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) was an American poet. Little known during her life, Dickinson has become to be regarded as one of America’s most respected poets.
Sometimes you need to move slowly so you can move powerfully.
Maturity in a relationship is not expecting to always be on the same schedule.
Yung Pueblo is the pen name for Diego Perez (born 1988). Ecuadorian-born, he is a writer, meditator, and speaker. His pen name means “young people.”
Maturity is the ability to live in peace with that which we cannot change.
If we could sell our experiences for what they cost us, we’d all be millionaires.
Ann Landers (Esther Pauline “Eppie” Lederer) and her twin sister Abigail Van Buren (Pauline Esther “PoPo” Phillips) wrote newspaper advice columns, which appeared throughout America. Both were born on July 4, 1918, in Sioux City, Iowa.
What is really important in education is not that the child learns this and that, but that the mind is matured, that energy is aroused.
Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.
Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) was a Danish theologian, philosopher, and poet. He was believed to be the one of the earliest existentialist philosophers.
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.
From Psalm 30:5: “For His anger is but for a moment; His favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may linger for the night, but joy comes with the morning.”
Morning gathering
Hearing Christ’s invite
Come now, rest a spell
Witnessing His delight
Tasting each morning
Sweetness of His grace
Reading Father’s Word
Peace fills this very place
Blessed morning time
Taking faithful walk
Christ offers His love
Trusting salvation’s rock
Finding morning’s truth
Gospel’s foundation
Maturing in faith
Father’s new creation
Tomorrow morning
Gathering again
Precious time with Christ
Praising His lasting reign
From Lamentations 3:22-23: “The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, His mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness.”
Fortitude
Solid rock
God with us
Assurance breathes with peace
Faith
Patience
Tested daily
Strengthened through endurance
Nurtured through better understanding
Faith
Guidance
Never doubting
Riding each wave
Flying with mercy’s wind
Faith
Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.
You can be young only once, but you can be immature forever.
Ogden Nash (1902-1971) was an American poet who displayed a unique ability to share humor through his writings.
Let us remember that the longer we live, the more we know, and the more we know, the more beautiful we are.
From Proverbs 10:14: “The wise lay up knowledge, but the mouth of a fool brings ruin near.”
Marianne Williamson (born 1950) is an American author who has written 14 books (at last count).
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