Son Shine

"The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us; just as the roof of a sunhouse does not attract the sun because it is bright, but becomes bright because the son shines on it."

- C.S. Lewis

Don't Stay Down

"If you have made mistakes, there is always another chance for you. You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down."

- Mary Pickford 

The Goal of Faith

"Hebrews 11:6 tells us that "without faith it impossible to please God."  The goal of faith is not the elimination of risk.  There is no such thing as risk free faith but unfortunately most of us want to eliminate risk and increase our security.  That is not faith!  Faith is the opposite.  With faith, the risk increases and our man-made security decreases."

- An excerpt from What is Your Greatest Fear? by Kevin on his blog Shooting the Breeze

Keep Gripping The Steering Wheel

"I realize my kids drift toward bad attitudes, toward discontentment, toward selfishness.

And being the little mirrors they are, so do I. Maybe even more than they do. Because as an adult, there is just so much more to be discontent, frustrated and self-absorbed about.

I drift toward a snotty attitude toward the lady who hits me at Disneyland with her purse because she’s messing with her phone.

I drift toward a selfishness at the end of the day when my husband needs me to take care of the kids alone because he has to work late.

I drift toward frustration when I think about all the things that bug me about ________ or _________.

But I don’t want to let myself drift. I want to grip the steering wheel, focus on the end of the road and will myself, make myself, and allow God to guide me and carry me to drive the straight line.

- An excerpt from Drifting by Sarah Markley on her blog The Best Days of My Life (Be sure to go read the rest of the story!)

Willing to Climb

"There is no use whatever trying to help people who do not help themselves.  You cannot push anyone up a ladder unless he is willing to climb himself."

- Andrew Carnegie