Sam

“All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost;”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings

“Wouldn’t you like to be the skater who wins the silver, and yet is thrilled about those three triple jumps that the gold medal winner did? To love it the way you love a sunrise? Just to love the fact that it was done? For it not to matter whether it was their success or your success. Not to care if they did it or you did it. You are as happy that they did it as if you had done it yourself—because you are just so happy to see”
― Kasey Shuler, Love Beyond Looks: A 5-Week Bible Study On Body Image

“Satan’s goal is to divide and destroy (John 10:10): he tempted Adam and Eve to sin, which divided them and the rest of humanity from God. Since then, he has been trying to divide us through lifestyle choices— ways to eat, work out, dress, date, and even worship. In contrast, the only reason God divides is to further unite us: he divided the curtain that separated us from himself (Ephesians 2:14), and separates our sins from us as far as the east is from the west (Psalm 103:12).”
― Kasey Shuler, Love Beyond Looks: A 5-Week Bible Study On Body Image

“Though some Bible students have tried to estimate how much this stone weighed, we need not speculate, because Jesus could have come out of that tomb whether the stone was there or not.”
― Billy Graham, Angels: God's Secret Agents