You marry, ‘as is.’

If you get some (+) change, consider yourself fortunate.

So, no matter what I say, what I believe, and what I do, I’m bankrupt without love.

Love never gives up.
Love cares more for others than for self.
Love doesn’t want what it doesn’t have.
Love doesn’t strut,
Doesn’t have a swelled head,
Doesn’t force itself on others,
Isn’t always “me first,”
Doesn’t fly off the handle,
Doesn’t keep score of the sins of others,
Doesn’t revel when others grovel,
Takes pleasure in the flowering of truth,
Puts up with anything,
Trusts God always,
Always looks for the best,
Never looks back,
But keeps going to the end.

There is perhaps no better proof for the existence of God than the way year after year he survives the way his professional friends promote him. (FBuechner)

In heaven there won't be anything to worry about.

What a waste for all those gifted worriers who've spent a lifetime developing worry skills to spend eternity unable to use them.

Don’t surrender to discouragement.

It's hard to pray when you're running from God...

What about you?!

Yesterday Today and Tomorrow

There are two days in every week
about which we should not worry,
Two days which should be kept free of fear and apprehension.
One of these days is YESTERDAY,
With its mistakes and cares,
Its faults and blunders,
Its aches and pains.

YESTERDAY has passed forever beyond our control.
All the money in the world cannot bring back YESTERDAY.
We cannot undo a single act we performed;
We cannot erase a single word we said.
YESTERDAY is gone.

The other day we should not worry about is TOMORROW
With its possible adversities, its burdens, its larger promise.
TOMORROW is also beyond our immediate control.
TOMORROW, the sun will rise,
Either in splendor or behind a mask of clouds,
But it will rise.
Until it does, we have no stake in TOMORROW
For it is as yet unborn.

This leaves only one day - TODAY.
Anyone can fight the battles of just one day.
It is only when you and I add the burdens of those two awful eternities
- YESTERDAY and TOMORROW - That we causes us despair.

It is not the experience of TODAY that drives one mad.
It is remorse or bitterness for something which happened YESTERDAY
And the dread of what TOMORROW may bring.
Let us, therefore, live but ONE day at a time and count the blessings of TODAY.

To ride alone is possible, but the good rider knows that the great trip is life and it requires companions.

Pay mind to your own life, your own health, and wholeness. A bleeding heart is of no help to anyone if it bleeds to death. (FBeuchner)

Sabbath.

Rest.

Live Different.

The probability of someone seeing you is directly proportional to the stupidity of your actions.

DON'T BE A FOOL!

Don’t respond to the stupidity of a fool;
you’ll only look foolish yourself.

Answer a fool in simple terms
so he doesn’t get a swelled head.

You’re only asking for trouble
when you send a message by a fool.

A proverb quoted by fools
is limp as a wet noodle.

Putting a fool in a place of honor
is like setting a mud brick on a marble column.

To ask a moron to quote a proverb
is like putting a scalpel in the hands of a drunk.

Hire a fool or a drunk
and you shoot yourself in the foot.

As a dog eats its own vomit,
    so fools recycle silliness.

See that man who thinks he’s so smart?
    You can expect far more from a fool than from him.

Be a voice for the good.

The Internet teaches us to need it.

Take some time to regularly unplug to remind yourself who's in charge of your life...

Change doesn't come with comfort.

The discussion to change is change itself.

Why not be a saint?

A saint is a person so grasped by a religious vision that it becomes central to his or her life in a way that radically changes the person and leads others to glimpse the value of that vision. LSCunningham

How you live makes a difference.

Break free from monotonous living. TODAY!!

Companions as we are in this work with you, we beg you, please don’t squander one bit of this marvelous life God has given us. God reminds us,

I heard your call in the nick of time;
The day you needed me, I was there to help.
Well, now is the right time to listen, the day to be helped. Don’t put it off; don’t frustrate God’s work by showing up late, throwing a question mark over everything we’re doing.

A friend in deed is a friend indeed.

Are you gifted at passing the buck?

Take responsibility. There is no life in blaming others...

A crash course in vulnerability:

Leadership is not the ability to hide your panic from others.

Be honest. Be real.

A radical proposition...

Love your neighbour.

We need friends.

Friends guide us, care for us, confront us in love, console us in times of pain.…  

The more able we are to receive the different gifts our  friends have to give us, the more able we will be to offer our own unique but limited gifts. Thus, friendships create a beautiful tapestry of love. HNouwen

Bland of brothers?!

Are the guys (or gals) you hang out with boring?

Become the church - there's never a dull moment!

Jump off the fence of good intentions!

Make a difference today!

Become the hands & feet of Jesus.

What is the biggest distraction in your life right now?

Why?

Sin is always an act of ingratitude.

Choose to live in gratitude.

Rocked by God.

Enjoy creation.