Diana Bartling

“There are times in a man’s life when he says things he will never be able take back. It’s true words can have a physical impact on somebody. A person can concuss with their words. Words can snap as fast as a trap in the woods and leave a victim to writhe for weeks.”
― Donald Miller, Scary Close: Dropping the Act and Acquiring a Taste for True Intimacy

“The only happy people I know are the ones who are working well at something they consider important. ABRAHAM MASLOW”
― Mark Sanborn, Fred 2.0: New Ideas on How to Keep Delivering Extraordinary Results

“Jesus told us that love would be our unifying theme of humanity, and the powerful reflection of who He is. He created us as relational beings, designed to love one another so that in a human way of love His divine love would mysteriously change us and His love would then be revealed to others. Love is who God created us to become so the world would see and know Him through us. When we love people well, we become the proof of God.”
― Steve Saccone, Relational Intelligence: How Leaders Can Expand Their Influence Through a New Way of Being Smart

“Lord, help me to be still before you. Lead me to a greater vision of who you are, and in so doing, may I see myself—the good, the bad, and the ugly. Grant me the courage to follow you, to be faithful to become the unique person you have created me to be. I ask you for the Holy Spirit’s power to not copy another person’s life or journey. “God, submerge me in the darkness of your love, that the consciousness of my false, everyday self falls away from [me] like a soiled garment. . . . May my ‘deep self’ fall into your presence. . . . knowing you alone . . . carried away into eternity like a dead leaf in the November wind.”24 In Jesus’ name, amen.”
― Peter Scazzero, Emotionally Healthy Spirituality: It's Impossible to Be Spiritually Mature, While Remaining Emotionally Immature