BioJeSSiC

When some doors swing open all you see inside is darkness. Only when you get inside that darkness do you realize that the light you’ve been given is on the inside. (theedgeradio.net)

One will never appreciate the cleanness of winter without first going through the rustling leaves of fall… just as one would not appreciate the colors of spring without first breathing in the whiteness of winter.  (davidabc13.multiply.com)

It is not what I do that matters, but what a sovereign God chooses to do through me. God does not want worldly successes, He wants me. He wants my heart in submission to Him. Life is not just a few years to spend on self indulgence and career advancement. It is a privilege, a responsibility, a stewardship to be lived according to a much higher calling, God’s calling. This alone gives true meaning to life. (Elizabeth Dole)

Knowing that I am not the one in control gives great encouragement. Knowing the One who is in control is everything. (Alexander Michael)

Can anything appear in us that was not anticipated by One who before taking us for His own possession sat down and counted the cost? Is there not comfort in knowing that your keel is caught by a current which emanated from the purpose of Him who worketh all things after the counsel of His own will, and is bearing you towards His heart? Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgements, and His ways past finding out! (Frederick Brotherton ( F. B. ) Meyer)

Friendship not only takes time, it takes a willingness to drop false expectations, of ourselves, of each other. Friends - or lovers - are not always available to each other. Inner turmoils can cause us to be unhearing when someone needs us, to need to receive understanding when we should be giving understanding. (Madeleine L’Engle)

You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; and just so you learn to love God and man by loving. Begin
as a mere apprentice and the very power of love will lead you on to become a master of the art. (Francis de Sales)

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