Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul. Douglas Macarthur Darkness should never be an excuse to quit, for with God, darkness is the exact stuff that light was built for. Craig D. Lounsbrough There are tomorrows on their way worth the struggles of today. Never give up. Richelle E. Goodrich ‘You’re my servant, serving on…
Category: God Sightings
Seeing God in the Everyday
On Eagle’s Wings
Even young people faint and get exhausted; athletic ones may stumble and fall.But those who wait for Yahweh’s grace will experience divine strength. They will rise up on soaring wings and fly like eagles, run their race without growing weary, and walk through life without giving up.Isaiah 40:30-31 The Passion Translation Ancient Hebrew culture revered eagles as mighty warriors that also cared fiercely for their young. Eagles carry…
Change
(This has always been one of my favorite poems. PR) So what do you do when the person you’ve always thought you were (hobgoblin… very frightening… alarming) isn’t who you really are (“You’re cunning… as you can be”)? Here are some ideas: Feel your emotions. (“You think I’m funny? I don’t like that!”) This sort…
Someone You Should Know:
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Pierre Teilhard de Chardin SJ (1 May 1881 – 10 April 1955) was a French Jesuit priest, scientist, paleontologist, theologian, philosopher and teacher. His teachings, melding evolution and theology, caused consternation and concern in the Catholic Church, leading some to ban his works. However, he was quoted in the sermon of the Most Reverend Michael Curry, Presiding…
Perhaps
God already knows what we’re made of, but perhaps He wants us to learn what we’re made of. I think we would all agree that we learn more from our tough times than from our easy times. John Bytheway Perhaps the greatest display of self-discipline is persisting when the going gets tough. Brian Tracy Perhaps…
Useable
“Do the Next Thing”
Years ago, Elisabeth Elliot (1926-2015) popularized an old poem—the commonsense simplicity and clarity of which have encouraged many anxious and weary saints. From an old English parsonage down by the seaThere came in the twilight a message to me;Its quaint Saxon legend, deeply engraven,Hath, it seems to me, teaching from Heaven.And on through the doors the…
Someone You Should Know… Elisabeth Elliot
Missionary, author and speaker Elisabeth Elliot was born on December 27, 1926, in Brussels, Belgium, where her parents served as missionaries. Before she was a year old they moved to America. A true pioneer in the world of Christianity, Elisabeth went to Wheaton College and studied Greek, because she desired to translate the Bible for…
In God’s Time
For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven.2 A time to be born and a time to die. A time to plant and a time to harvest.3 A time to kill and a time to heal. A time to tear down and a time to build up.4 A time to cry and a time to laugh. A…
+ Time
Grace and Truth + Time = Growth From our vantage point, time is present experience. The only time we have is whatever we are experiencing at the present moment. Going forward or back in time is impossible. Right this instant is the only place where we can ever live. When we truly live in time,…