Holding On

"..I [have] preached about how we give things (relationships, situations, etc.) to God but when things don't seem to be going the way we think it should, we take it back.  Sometimes we take it back when we are on the edge of a breakthrough and we just need to hold on...when we hold on, we'll see victory and His glory at the end of the matter."

- An excerpt from Why We Deny Ourselves by Jason on his blog Connecting to Impact

You Don't Marry One Person

"You don't marry one person, you marry three: the person you think they are; the person they are; and the person they are going to become as the result of being married to you."

- Richard Needham

(Editor's Note: Thanks to Anne at Building His Body for posting this quote over the weekend. It was too good for me to pass up posting here today.)

Some Valentine Fun

"I don't understand why Cupid was chosen to represent Valentine's Day.  When I think about romance, the last thing on my mind is a short, chubby toddler coming at me with a weapon."

- Author Unknown

Working Today For His Kingdom

"I know I can't go back (and even though I say sometimes I do, I really don't want to). But I can affect what I do today or tomorrow. I can make sure that I'm following hard after Christ, that I'm paying attention to my children with love and engagement, and that I'm working in my today for His Kingdom."

- An excerpt from Time is a Stubborn Thing by Sarah Markley. Be sure to go read the whole post on her blog The Best Days of My Life

Love Illuminates Life

"Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illumines it."

- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.