Little House on the Ridge
a place for quotes about life, faith and learning
Read with a Pen
Read with a pen in your hand and enter in a little book short hints of what you find that is curious or that might be useful; for this will be the best method of imprinting such particulars in your memory, where they will be ready on some future occasion to adorn and improve your conversation. - Benjamin Franklin
Wellness
If you won't make time for your wellness, you'll be forced to make time for your illness. - Jill Savage
Hard Place
This hard place in which you, perhaps, find yourself, is the very place in which God is giving you opportunity to look only to Him. - Elisabeth Elliot
Like Breathing
Paul does not ask us to spend some of every day in prayer. No, Paul is much more radical. He asks us to pray day and night, in joy and in sorrow, at work and at play, without intermission or breaks. For Paul, prayer is like breathing. - Henri Nouwen
God's Word
There's treasure just waiting for us every day in God's Word, and it will totally transform everything about our lives. - David Platt
Scripture
I've searched a thousand places for someone to steady me. But only Scripture fills the ache, calms the storm, and makes my heart sing again. - Angel Chua Elloren
Carry Light
Lord, please bring the plans of the wicked to nothing. Please strengthen the hands of those that carry light. - Heather Thompson Day
Gestures
Seek opportunities to show you care. The smallest gestures often make the biggest difference. - John Wooden
Written Word
The beauty of the written word is that it can be held close to the heart and read over and over again. - Florence Littauer
Redemptive Love
God's redemptive love turns our lowest moments into powerful testimonies. - Brittany Tate
Certainty
When uncertainty swirls around me, I can stand on the certainty of God's Word. - Sarah E. Frazer
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
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
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