Little House on the Ridge
a place for quotes about life, faith and learning
Relying on God
Relying on God has to begin all over again every day as if nothing had yet been done. - C. S. Lewis
Fingerprints of Heaven
Don't feel discouraged if the mission seems too big. It's a good sign that it's got the fingerprints of heaven on it... - Kathryn Scott
Prayer
Do not think that your prayer, however weak or trembling, will be unheard. - Charles H. Spurgeon
Handwritten Letter
A handwritten letter is a quiet rebellion against a fast and forgetful world. It says, "I slowed down for you." Each stroke of pen is a gesture of care, a whisper of presence, a way of saying, "You matter enough for this." - Author Unknown
Reasons
There are reasons that we are where we are and who we are, and they aren't random. - Francis Chan
Pain
Pain is a wildly effective tutor. Physical or of the heart, discomfort will either teach us to run to our own limited resources or God's endless reservoir. Sometimes we act like the goal is: To look to any and all options besides falling on the mercy of God to get us through. But the truth is: There is no freedom, no greener pasture, no hope on the horizon that sustains like keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus. - Ruth Chou Simons
Your Mess
When I was first diagnosed, I wasn't going to tell anyone. But my mother's advice was to 'make your mess your message'. I learned that it takes a lot of courage to get up and to know that the best is yet to come. - Robin Roberts
A Dog
Thorns may hurt you, man desert you, sunlight turn to fog;
but you're never friendless ever, if you have a dog.
- Douglas Malloch
Smiling
Smiling doesn't necessarily mean you're happy. Sometimes it just means you're strong. - Author Unknown
Thoughts
I jot ideas down in the notebook, not because I’m worried I’ll forget them, but because there’s something about translating thoughts into writing that helps me deepen and develop my ideas. - John Claude Bemis
Ugly Ducklings
I don't have ugly ducklings turning into swans in my stories. I have ugly ducklings turning into confident ducks. - Maeve Binchy
Tears
Tears aren't too much. They're the way your heart speaks when words are not enough. - Jenny Meilihove
Cheers on the Other Side
We hear tears loudly on this side of heaven. What we don't take time to contemplate are the even louder cheers on the other side of death's valley. - Zig Ziglar
From His Perspective
As women, we tend to be more critical of ourselves. We need to learn to see our beauty and worthiness from God's perspective, not our own. - Angie Perschall
Make Up Your Mind
It's been my experience that you can nearly always enjoy things if you make up your mind firmly that you will. - L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
For All That We Love
What we once enjoyed and deeply loved we can never lose, for all that we love deeply becomes a part of us. - Hellen Keller
Troubles
I can let troubles make me bitter and angry. Or I can let the pain make me more sympathetic to others. - Rob L. Staples
Heroic
I like it when a flower or a little tuft of grass grows through a crack in the concrete. It's so heroic. - George Carlin
Reading
Reading is everything. Reading makes me feel like I've accomplished something, learned something, become a better person. Reading makes me smarter. Reading gives me something to talk about later on. Reading is grist. Reading is bliss. - Nora Ephron
Every Day
Every day God calls us to keep trusting --- to get out of bed and spend another 24 hours washing dishes, doing laundry, loving our family, believing he has everything under control --- even when He seems silent. - Vera Gilmor
Feelings
And sometimes I have kept my feelings to myself because I could find no language to describe them in. - Jane Austen
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