"We are not responsible for the circumstances we are in, but we are responsible for the way we allow those circumstances to affect us; we can either allow them to get on top of us or we can allow them to transform us into what God wants us to be."
- Oswald Chambers
"If you want to turn your life around, try thankfulness. It will change your life mightily."
"The ministry of mercy, then, is the best advertising a church can have. It convinces a community that this church provides people with actions for their problems, not only talk. It shows the community that this church is compassionate."
"Nothing you do for children is ever wasted."
"Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a purpose."
"Let us never forget the solemn truth that the nation is not constituted of the living alone."
The basic premise of religion "that if you live a good life, things will go well for you" is wrong. Jesus was the most morally upright person who ever lived, yet He had a life filled with the experience of poverty, rejection, injustice, and even torture."
Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.