Inspiration

It was a particularly tough football game, and nerves were on edge. The home team had been the victim of three or four close calls, and they were now trailing the visitors by a touchdown and a field goal. When the official called yet another close one in the visitors' favor, the home quarterback blew his top.

"How many times can you do this to us in a single game?" he screamed. "You were wrong on the out-of-bounds call, you were wrong on that last holding call, and you failed to say anything about a late hit in the first quarter."

The official just stared.

The quarterback seethed, but he tried to suppress language that might get him tossed out of the game.

"Once in our world, a stable had something in it that was bigger than our whole world."

- C. S. Lewis

Dewey had collected lots of money from doing chores and he went to the candy store to buy some chocolate.

"You should give that money to charity," said the sales girl.

Dewey thought for a moment and said, "No, I'll buy the chocolate. You give the money to charity."

"Christmas is an indictment before it becomes a delight. It will not have its intended effect until we feel desperately the need for a Savior."

- John Piper