“The Art of Risk We don’t risk because it’s easy; we risk because of hope, because we see the promise of something better.”
― The Nesting Place: It Doesn't Have to Be Perfect to Be Beautiful
― The Nesting Place: It Doesn't Have to Be Perfect to Be Beautiful
“God’s best work occurs in the margins. If we have the courage to step into that wide-open space, God will meet us there.”
― Writing in the Margins: Connecting with God on the Pages of Your Bible
― Writing in the Margins: Connecting with God on the Pages of Your Bible
“Some of us have lived with those voices for so long that they sound like the truth. They sound like our own voice. They may even sound like God’s voice. But they’re not. God’s voice speaks words of acceptance. Words that give. Words that restore. THE WORD THAT ACCEPTS The night before Jesus died, he gathered with his closest friends and followers in a borrowed banquet room in Jerusalem. There, in the”
― The Red Letter Life: 17 Words from Jesus to Inspire Simple, Practical, Purposeful Living
― The Red Letter Life: 17 Words from Jesus to Inspire Simple, Practical, Purposeful Living
“that was what your MeeMaw did. Every afternoon we sat on the porch with books spread open like birds’ wings in full flight, flashing across an endless sky of words. We read out loud, counting meter and foot, traveling worlds we knew we”
― All the Dancing Birds
― All the Dancing Birds
“Repentance is not an emotion. It is not feeling sorry for your sins. It is a decision. It is deciding that you have been wrong in supposing that you could manage your own life and be your own god; it is deciding that you were wrong in thinking that you had, or could get, the strength, education and training to make it on your own; it is deciding that you have been told a pack of lies about yourself and your neighbors and your world. And it is deciding that God in Jesus Christ is telling you the truth. Repentance is a realization that what God wants from you and what you want from God are not going to be achieved by doing the same old things, thinking the same old thoughts. Repentance is a decision to follow Jesus Christ and become his pilgrim in the path of peace. 41”
― The Red Letter Life: 17 Words from Jesus to Inspire Simple, Practical, Purposeful Living
― The Red Letter Life: 17 Words from Jesus to Inspire Simple, Practical, Purposeful Living
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