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

Library

To build a library at home is to build a life of learning. - Author Unknown

Always

God has promised to help us, and God always keeps His promises. - Julie Barnhill

Prayer

Do not think that your prayer, however weak or trembling, will be unheard. - Charles H. Spurgeon

Reflection

Reflection is thinking about what you do and how you feel about it. - Ruth Ayres

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

Even When

He is able, even when I'm not. - Carole Lewis

Not Said

You don't have to explain something you have not said. - Author Unknown 

Smiling

Smiling doesn't necessarily mean you're happy. Sometimes it just means you're strong. - Author Unknown

Quiet Strength

Never assume quiet is weak and loud is 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

Cooking

Cooking is a caring and nurturing act. - Curtis Stone

Window

A writer is working when he's staring out the window. - Burton Rascoe

Ugly Ducklings

I don't have ugly ducklings turning into swans in my stories. I have ugly ducklings turning into confident ducks. - Maeve Binchy

Like I Talk

I write like I talk. No one ever gets talker's block. - Seth Godin

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

Read Aloud

Having someone read aloud to you is one of the greatest pleasures in life. - Roald Dahl

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

The No

We are always grateful for the yes, but we need to be as grateful for the no. - John Gray

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

Listening

The secret to having a great conversation is listening. - Donald Miller

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