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

Others

Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace. - Jane Austen

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

Anyone

There isn't anyone you couldn't love once you've heard their story. - Mary Lou Kownacki

Nows

We write to remember our nows later. - Terri Guillemets

Smile

Let us always meet each other with a smile. - Mother Teresa

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

Kindness

Kindness is a language that the deaf can hear and the blind can see. - Mark Twain

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

Pen

A pen is better than glasses as a tool for seeing. - Lucy Calkins

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

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

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