You don't want to look back at your years with regrets. Regrets have no place in your memory jar.
Some people my accuse me of doing too much. Sometimes I agree with them. But then there is a part of me that wants to follow God --- wholeheartedly, completely and full throttle, wherever He may lead. I don't want to look back fifty years from now and think, What if I had trusted God? Where would I be?
God made something special when He made you.
Every time that God gives us a child, it's His way of saying He trusts us-trusts us to offer love and to guide the child toward Him.
She was drowning-in friendliness, in community-and she was starting to think she didn't want to get pulled out.
But flowers feed our soul in a different way. They remind us of a God who creates beautiful things and takes notice of the tiniest detail
Don't you realize it's the doing that often gets us into trouble? It's not the doing that makes God happy. It's not about what we've done. . . it's about what been done for us.
With God, it's possible to be content wherever we are, with whatever we have.
I also try to weigh my motives. Am I doing what I'm doing because it's what God desires, or because I'm afraid people will be disappointed if I don't?
God created you with special talents for a purpose, and sometimes those we love most don't understand that. Don't let the doubts of others ring louder than God's whispers to your spirit. Sometimes God's whispers are harder to hear, but they're to be trusted the most.
No matter where she went, God was her family. He was her hope.
I suppose sometimes it takes getting lost to enjoy the joy of being found