If only one could tell true love from false love as one can tell mushrooms from toadstools.
I have the greater glory of God, the history is His story, that He is in charge and ultimately He knows what He's doing.
Worry is a waste of energy. It cant change the past. It cant control the future. It only makes today miserable
Remember how far you've come, not just how far you have to go. You are not where you want to be, but neither are you where you used to be.
It is only in God that we discover our origin, our identity, our meaning, our purpose, our significance, and our destiny. Every other path leads to a dead end.
We are products of our past, but we don't have to be prisoners of it.
I invite you to bow your head and quietly whisper the prayer that will change your eternity: Jesus I believe in you and I receive you.
Sometimes people let the same problem make them miserable for years when they could just say, "So what. " "My mother didn't love me. " So what. "My husband won't ball me. So what. "I'm a success but I'm still alone. " So what. I don't know how I made it through all the years before I learned how to do that trick. It took a long time for me to learn it, but once you do, you never forget.
I was depressed as a child. I found it hard to make friends. My favourite thing was locking myself in the bathroom and practising comedy routines.
I'm leaving because I want to spend more time with my wife in Chicago.
Ultimately, being open and respectful towards each other is much more powerful as a way to diffuse hatred and anger than, you know, layering on, you know, big walls and oppressive policies.