Dawn

“Our efforts are not the source of the change we are after; they can’t be. Rather, they get us in a position for God to change us.”
― Mike Ashcraft, My One Word: Change Your Life With Just One Word

“Susan Cain suggests that introverts actually make better leaders than extroverts. Introverts have a softer, more compassionate, servant-oriented kind of leadership, she says, that enables families, businesses, and churches to thrive.”
― Judson Edwards, Quiet Faith: An Introvert's Guide to Spiritual Survival

“The Bible is not a book of tips on successful living. It is a complicated story that is designed to show us our sin and God’s solution to our sin, which is Jesus Christ. We don’t go to the Bible to get inerrant answers to all of our questions. We go to the Bible to see how people through the ages have related to God and what God finally did to put us right with him. So keep reading past all of that strange stuff in Leviticus and Deuteronomy. Keep going until you get to ‘in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself’ (2 Cor 5:19). Then, soak yourself in the teachings of Jesus,”
― Judson Edwards, Quiet Faith: An Introvert's Guide to Spiritual Survival

“Everything of this world is shakable. Buildings crumble into dust, companies declare bankruptcy, our degrees fade into illegibility, our houses age and creak and crumble, our cars rust out, and worst of all, our bodies eventually wear out. But the kingdom of God lasts forever. When the angel Gabriel came to Mary, he said that she would give birth to a Son who would “rule over the house of his father Jacob, and of his kingdom there will be no end” (Luke 1:33).”
― Ray Pritchard, Why He Came - Daily Advent Devotional