Past Fuel

Posted December 3, 2024 - Fear, Past

This is what the past is for! Every experience God gives us, every person He puts in our lives is the perfect preparation for the future only he can see.

— Corrie Ten Boom —

This is what the past is for! Every experience God gives us, every person He puts in our lives is the perfect preparation for the future only he can see…

Distressed, Depressed or at Rest

Posted December 2, 2024 - Holy Spirit, Serenity, Victor

If you look at the world, you'll be distressed. If you look within, you'll be depressed. If you look at God you'll be at rest.

— Corrie Ten Boom —

If you look at the world, you’ll be distressed. If you look within, you’ll be depressed. If you look at God you’ll be at rest…

Trust What Is Known

Posted December 1, 2024 - Fear, Trust

Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.

— Corrie Ten Boom —

Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God…

Gratitude and Enjoying the Ride

Posted November 30, 2024 - Gratitude

There is a flow to life, and the flow is much easier to capture, ride, and enjoy when we look at things from a perspective of gratitude.

— JMeyer —

There is a flow to life, and the flow is much easier to capture, ride, and enjoy when we look at things from a perspective of gratitude…

Gratitude and Perpetual Thanksgiving

Posted November 29, 2024 - Gratitude, Wealth

I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual... Oh, how I laugh when I think of my vague, indefinite riches. No run on my bank can drain it, for my wealth is not possession but enjoyment.

— Henry David Thoreau —

I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual… Oh, how I laugh when I think of my vague, indefinite riches. No run on my bank can drain it, for my wealth is not possession but enjoyment…

Thanksgiving

Posted November 28, 2024 - Gratitude

Thanksgiving Day comes, by statute, once a year; to the honest man, it comes as frequently as the heart of gratitude will allow.

— Edward Sandford Martin —

Thanksgiving Day comes, by statute, once a year; to the honest man, it comes as frequently as the heart of gratitude will allow…

Gratitude and Pain

Posted November 27, 2024 - Life Issues

If you feel pain, you are alive. But if you feel the pain of others, you are human.

— Leo Tolstoy —

If you feel pain, you are alive. But if you feel the pain of others, you are human…

Gratitude and a Rich Life

Posted November 26, 2024 - Gratitude

In ordinary life, we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer —

In ordinary life, we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich…

Gratitude and Perspective

Posted November 25, 2024 - Gratitude

What we see depends mainly on what we look for.

— John Lubbock —

What we see depends mainly on what we look for…

Gratitude and Lacking Nothing

Posted November 24, 2024 - Gratitude

It's a funny thing about life, once you begin to take note of the things you are grateful for, you begin to lose sight of the things that you lack.

— Germany Kent —

It’s a funny thing about life, once you begin to take note of the things you are grateful for, you begin to lose sight of the things that you lack…