Why Do You Obey?

“Elder brothers obey God to get things. They don’t obey God to get God himself – in order to resemble him, love him, know him and delight him. So religious and moral people can be avoiding Jesus as Savior and Lord as much as the younger brothers who say they don’t believe in God and define right and wrong for themselves.”

- A quote out of the book, The Prodigal God by Tim Keller, quoted in On The Brink of Grace by Michelle on her blog Graceful: Faith in the Everyday

He Is Part Of Your Story

“The parts of the story you want to cut out are the very parts that God wants to write in...

He wants to take where we’ve been and show us He was there.

He wants to show us He saw the loneliness in our eyes and heard the cries that went unshed.

He causes the events of our struggles to coincide with His timing –

to help us understand He rescues us,
when we can’t put the pieces back together again;

to love us when we feel unlovable,
so that we can no longer deny His undying faithfulness to us."

- An excerpt from When We Try to Kill Our Stories by Bonnie on her blog Faith Barista

End Of The Road... Or The Beginning?

"I think of life and it’s mysteries. We are rarely given a sign to denote the end of a road, but I think it may be on purpose.  So many times the end of a road for a dream or relationship or challenge was simply the beginning of something else."

- An excerpt from A Few Words: The End is Near by Jason on his blog Connecting to Impact

Answered Prayers

"Sometimes the deepest desires of our hearts are answered years later in unexpected, triumphant ways."

- A quote from Recapturing Our Lost Riches by JoAnne Bennett on her Self-Titled blog

Don't Grasp At The Shadows

"Beware that you do not lose the substance by grasping at the shadow."

- Aesop