Timing is everything.
As this New Year begins, ask God to help you tune your life every day to His Word, so you can bring harmony and joy to those around you.
I'm the man of the hour, the man with the power, too sweet to be sour.
Mountaintops are for views and inspiration, but fruit is grown in the valleys.
By faith I accepted Him for what He claimed to be, the Son of the Living God. That simple decision changed my life, and I have seen it change the lives of countless others across the world.
Christ did not suffer and die to offer cheap grace. Jesus did not go willingly to the cross so we could have an easy life or offer a faith built on easy-believism. As someone once said, 'Salvation is free, but not cheap. ' It cost Jesus His life.
The greatest need in the world is the transformation of human nature. We need a new heart that will not have lust and greed and hate in it. We need a heart filled with love and peace and joy, and that is why Jesus came into the world.
If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.
After all, things are what they are. A message is a message, plates are plates, men are men, and life is life.
Most people stop looking when they find the proverbial needle in the haystack. I would continue looking to see if there were other needles.
If you do not have an alert and curious interest in character and dramatic situation, if you have no visual imagination and are unable to distinguish between honest emotional reactions and sentimental approaches to life, you will never write a competent short story.