“The LORD does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.” 1 SAMUEL 16:7”
― Daily Readings from Think Better, Live Better: 90 Devotions to a Victorious Life
― Daily Readings from Think Better, Live Better: 90 Devotions to a Victorious Life
“[Greens] don't come through the back door the same as other groceries. They don't cower at the bottom of paper bags marked 'Liberty.' They wave over the top. They don't stop to be checked off the receipt. They spill out onto the counter. No going onto shelves with cans in orderly lines like school children waiting for recess. No waiting, sometimes for years beyond the blue sell by date, to be picked up and taken from the shelf. Greens don't stack or stand at attention. They aren't peas to be pushed around. Cans can't contain them. Boxed in they would burst free. Greens are wild. Plunging them into a pot took some doing. Only lobsters fight more. Either way, you have to use your hands. Then, retrieving them requires the longest of my mother's wooden spoons, the one with the burnt end. Swept onto a plate like the seaweed after a storm, greens sit tall, dark, and proud.”
― American Girl: Memories That Made Me
― American Girl: Memories That Made Me
“My priest friend Tom said you can safely assume you've created God in your own image
when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.”
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when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.”
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“The Underground Railroad was, in many ways, a seminal movement in American history, one that deserves far more recognition than it has received. It was a kind of prelude to the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s, and it offered lessons in social activism, political resistance, and moral courage that continue to inspire Americans today.”
― Bound For Canaan: The Epic Story Of The Underground Railroad, America's First Ci
― Bound For Canaan: The Epic Story Of The Underground Railroad, America's First Ci
“When you feel the bitterness trying to take root, right then say, “God, I’m turning this over to You. I know that You are my vindicator. I know that You’ll make my wrongs right. You said You would give me beauty for these ashes.”
― Daily Readings from Next Level Thinking: 90 Devotions for a Successful and Abundant Life
― Daily Readings from Next Level Thinking: 90 Devotions for a Successful and Abundant Life
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