Melissa

“I love my wife, Kris; I do not love Kris’s words. I encounter Kris through her words, but I am summoned to love her, not her words. Sometimes I say to her, “I love what you say to me,” but that is a form of expression. What I’m really saying is, “I love you, and your words communicate your love for me.”
― Scot McKnight, The Blue Parakeet: Rethinking How You Read the Bible

“The secret of turning a weakness into a strength is to acknowledge it, and then to help someone else with the same problem. It’s why I work with kids who feel unworthy and unloved.”
― Shelia Stovall, Every Window Filled with Light

“It’s not likely I’ll have time to read anything in the near future.” “Maybe that’s exactly what you need to do today. I can’t tell you the times when escaping into the pages of a good book is the only thing that’s kept me sane.”
― Shelia Stovall, Every Window Filled with Light

“when our expectations don’t match with what happens, we complicate our lives to no end. Often blaming God, when He’s not to blame. We simply need to realize that life is fluid. Always changing.”
― Susan Sleeman, Cold Harbor #1-3