Gena

“We cease trying to make ourselves the dictators and God the listener, and become the joyful listeners to Him, the Master who does all things well. —A Testament of Devotion by Thomas Kelly”
― Jim Branch, The Blue Book: A Devotional Guide for Every Season of Your Life

“I don’t ask you to bless what I have decided to do, but
give me the grace to discover and to live what you
have dreamed for me.”
― Jim Branch, The Blue Book: A Devotional Guide for Every Season of Your Life

“Dream of true fellowship where people are living in perfect harmony with God and one another. A picture of Eden where God and humans are walking side by side. Christ is at the center of all relationships; picture Him bringing together people who are very different as they marvel at Him together, as they do in heaven.”
― Francis Chan, Letters to the Church

“When it's over, I want to say: all my life
I was a bride married to amazement.
I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms.

When it is over, I don't want to wonder
if I have made of my life something particular, and real.
I don't want to find myself sighing and frightened,
or full of argument.

I don't want to end up simply having visited this world.”
― Mary Oliver