Be not afraid of rowing slowly. Be afraid of standing still. - Hannah Whitall Smith

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I knew my affection for the Philippines was equally as telling: a democracy on paper, apparently well ordered, regularly subverted by irrational chaos. A place where I'd felt instantly at home.

Hannah Whitall Smith

Be not afraid of rowing slowly. Be afraid of standing still.

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I find that every soul that has travelled on this highway of holiness for any length of time, has invariably cut loose from its old moorings.

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How often we say about our earthly friends, "I really would like to have a good quiet settled talk with them so that I can really get to know them. " And shouldn't we feel the same about our Heavenly Friend, that we may really get to know Him? These thoughts have taught me the importance of the children of God taking time to commune daily with their Father, so that they may get to know His mind and to understand better what His will is.

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Our God is so wonderfully good, and lovely, and blessed in every way that the mere fact of belonging to Him is enough for an untellable fullness of joy!

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When all else is gone, God is left, and nothing changes Him.

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If we will only surrender ourselves utterly to the Lord, and will trust Him perfectly, we shall find our souls "mounting up with wings as eagles" to the "heavenly places" in Christ Jesus, where earthly annoyances or sorrows have no power to disturb us.

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I knew my affection for the Philippines was equally as telling: a democracy on paper, apparently well ordered, regularly subverted by irrational chaos. A place where I'd felt instantly at home.

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