Where Are You Going?

"It isn't where you came from, it's where you're going that counts."

- Ella Fitzgerald

Learn To Dance

"Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass...it's about learning how to dance in the rain."

- Anonymous

Victory on Your Knees

"The reason why many fail in battle is because they wait until the hour of battle. The reason why others succeed is because they have gained their victory on their knees long before the battle came...Anticipate your battles; fight them on your knees before temptation comes, and you will always have victory.”

- R.A. Torrey

The World Watches Us

"But the older I creep, the more I feel like I’m able to treat the bigger problems like the everyday emergencies. Because the world watches us. They see what they do with our pain, circle around us even, watching to see if we crumble.

Anyone can handle a split lip or a broken tooth with grace, but what about the bigger things?  Can everyone stand up under a disintegrating marriage? A death? A drawn out illness?

The fact is, Christ-followers have more at their disposal to handle pain and suffering than anyone else on earth. One might even argue that we were designed for it.

The way we face head-on, stand with feet dug-in, set our shoulders to gracefully handle the weight of suffering or pain is a louder and more effective message than anything we can ever say."

- An excerpt from Fainting at the Sight of Blood by Sarah Markley on her blog The Best Days of My Life

Taking The Good Days With The Bad

"...if I were only looking forward to these bright days and everything else was horrible and I gave myself over to negativity and darkness, I would despair quickly. Changed circumstances are great, but how many give up because it didn’t turn out the way they imagined?"

- A quote from Why it's a Good Day by Jason on his blog Connecting to Impact