“When your mom is gone, the thing no one ever tells you is that the little compass needle inside keeps spinning around and around, never finding North.”
― Give Me Your Hand
― Give Me Your Hand
“If we live solely within the scope of our sorely limited humanity, the word ‘end’ will mean nothing other than what it says. But if we dare to live within the scope of God’s eternal promises, every time the word ‘end’ appears the word ‘beginning’ will be hot on its heels.”
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“When Jesus rose from the dead, He didn't cheat death; He beat it fair and square.”
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“In the peace of winter’s chill, I stacked firewood to fuel a stove that kept me warm. And I thought about how doing something so simple resulted in something so comforting.”
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“Oh--this life, this life! There is comfort in it, they say, & I almost believe--but the brightest place in the house, is the leaning out of the window!--at least, for me.”
― The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning
― The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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