You have a personal birthright to believe in a God-given mission for your life.
There is no happiness in the world equal to the happiness of being good.
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.
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.
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!
When all else is gone, God is left, and nothing changes Him.
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.
In 2003, I had the pleasure of acting in three films.
Rejoicing in the good fortune of others is a practice that can help us when we feel emotionally shut down and unable to connect with others. Rejoicing generates good will.
Almost always, genes are about potentials and vulnerabilities rather than about determinism.
From as long as I can remember, I was always fond of drawing.