Quotes
Quotes for the New Year
Happy New Year, everyone! I have been thinking about this pair of quotes from a sermon I attended last weekend, and they seem like a great way to start the new year. 1) “We don’t know what tomorrow holds, but we know Who holds tomorrow.” The start of a new year always bring the promise…
Today’s Quote
“May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.” ~Edward Abbey Who among us would choose difficult over easy? And yet sometimes, isn’t that the point? And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; …
Happy Thanksgiving!
May we all find something today worth giving thanks for… because indeed there are many things… no matter what we may be facing. Shout to the Lord, all the earth, let us sing Power and majesty, praise to the King Mountains bow down and the seas will roar At the sound of Your name ~ Darlene Zschech,…
Today’s Quote
Most of the time when I read stats about the condition of our world, the numbers are so incomprehensibly large that my eyes merely glaze over. These stats, however, convicted me: The truth is that the 143 million orphaned children, and the 11 million who starve to death or die from preventable diseases, and the…
Thought of the Day
Paraphrase from Professor Timothy B. Shutt: If we aren’t careful, we can make a god out of our idea of God. Certainly made me stop and think. Perhaps all those times God is not acting how we expect, He is simply smashing idols. I am who I am… You shall have no other gods before…
Today’s Quote
“It is often said the church is a crutch. Of course it’s a crutch. What makes you think you’re not limping?” This quote is originally attributed to William Sloane Coffin, and was used by my pastor this Sunday during his sermon. It made me think: how often do we shy away from derisive comments because we…
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Janet Beagle, PhD is the founder of The Mustard Patch. She divides her time between the Midwest and New England, and if she’s not writing, she’s probably out hiking with her 2-and 4-footed friends.