Just Friends Day is the 30th.
Thanks to Donna Keevers Driver for creating this for me.
Christian stories of broken souls finding God and romance Jesus never promised a life of sweetness and nice; He promises hope. The weakest flame is stronger than the dark.
~ George Washington
Coral Green, in the Godly Women group on social media, posted this:
They said,
“You’re not enough.”
Neither were
five loaves and two fishes –
until Jesus touched them.
"Science is just the human study of what God has already done."
Quoted in Staci Stallings' book True Power and Real Peace
"If more of us valued food and cheer and song
above hoarded gold,
it would be a merrier world."
~ Thorin
The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien
I heard this story/parable years and years ago. I looked for an original but found nothing. I think it more and more relevant every day.
A king went to visit a faraway country. On the journey, he met Death along the way.
Death told him, "I'm on my way to your kingdom with a plague."
The king accepted the proclamation and asked, "How many will you take?"
"Five hundred."
"So be it." The king sorrowed as he went on his way but knew he could change nothing. However, when he returned to his kingdom 5,000 were dead. He confronted Death and demanded, "You said you would only take 500."
"I did as I said," replied Death. "Fear took the rest."
Lucy asks Mr. Beaver, "Then he (Aslan) isn't safe?"
Mr. Beaver replies, "Safe? ... Who said anything about safe?
'Course he isn't safe. But he's good...."
~ C. S. Lewis
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
“I know you have the faith to be healed,
but do you have the faith not to be healed?”
~ David A. Bednar
Don't give up because you had a bad day,
forgive yourself
and do better tomorrow.
~ Lauren Gleisberg
The richness of the Word of God ought to determine our prayer, not the poverty of our heart.
~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Tolkien Fact, from The Lord of the Rings: Mushrooms and toadstools always bring to mind the fact that Frodo Baggins loved mushrooms. Quotes from the movie:
"Frodo Baggins, the bravest of hobbits." ~ Samwise Gamgee.
"Frodo wouldn't have got far without Sam." ~ Frodo Baggins