I came back from my trip to
India only to move into a new office down the hall. As a result over a
hundred boxes of books needed to be transported and re-shelved in the new
office! And in that process I came across things that I had not seen for
many years! One in particular was a journal I picked up somewhere along the
line because of the quotes on each page. That's what I will share today -
twenty various quotes from the "Joyful Blessings Journal"
that were gathered or selected by Marla Tipton. I
trust that some of them might offer helpful insights and encourage your
heart. Enjoy
"It is pleasing to God whenever you rejoice or laugh from the bottom of your heart."
Martin Luther
"Twenty years from now you will be more
disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw
off the bow lines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in
your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
Mark Twain
"Worrying is like a rocking chair; it gives
you something to do but it doesn't get you anywhere."
Unknown
"You pay God a compliment every time you
ask great things of Him."
Teresa of Avila
"The greatest happiness of life is the
conviction that we are loved -- loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite
of ourselves."
Victor Hugo
"Our Lord has written the promise of the
resurrection, not in books alone, but in every budding leaf in
springtime."
Martin Luther
"Our life if full of brokenness -- broken
relationships, broken promises, broken expectations. How can we live with that
brokenness without becoming bitter and resentful, except by returning again and
again to God's faithful presence in our lives."
Henri Nouwen
"God often comforts us, not by changing the
circumstances of our lives, but by changing our attitude toward them."
S. H. B. Masterman
"If the Lord be with us, we have no cause
of fear. His eye is upon us, His arm is over us, His ear open to our
prayer. His grace is sufficient and His promise unchangeable."
John Newton
"A true friend (shares) freely, advises
justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends
courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably."
William Penn
"Every now and then it
is delightful to have the kind of laugh that makes your stomach jiggle... that
sends tears down your face and causes your eyes to squint so it's impossible to
see!"
Unknown
"When I think upon my God, my heart is so
full of joy that the notes dance and leap from my pen."
Composer Joseph Haydn
"I value the friend who
for me finds time on his calendar; but I cherish the friend
who for me does not even consult his calendar."
Robert Brault
"The thought of You stirs us so deeply that
we cannot be content unless we praise You, because You have made us for
Yourself, and our hearts find no peace until they rest in You."
St. Augustine
"Consider the postage stamp; its usefulness
consists in the ability to stick to one thing until it gets there."
Josh Billings
"Gratefulness is the key to a happy life
which we hold in our hands, because if we are not grateful, then no matter how
much we have we will not be happy, because we will always want to have
something else or something more."
Brother David Steindl-Rast
"God cannot give us happiness apart from
Himself, because it is not there, There is no such thing."
C. S. Lewis
"How often we look upon God as our last and
feeblest resource! We go to Him because we have nowhere else to go.
And then we learn that the storms of life have driven us, not upon the rocks,
but into the desired haven."
George MacDonald
"Your worst days are never so bad that you
are beyond the reach of God's grace. And your best days are never so good that
you are beyond the need of God's grace."
Jerry Bridges
"Happy is the one who has learned to hold
the things of this world with a loose grip. Of all classes and descriptions of
people on this earth, they are the happiest of whom it may be said that the
things most hoped for by them are the things not seen."
Mennonite Writings
With Prayers for the Abundance of God's Grace to
You, Pastor Jeff
