Monday, March 29, 2021

The rainbow

The way I see it,
if you want the rainbow,
you gotta put up with the rain.
~Dolly Parton

Life and death

From Life of Pi

The reason death sticks so closely to life isn't biological necessity - it's envy. Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is but the passing shadow of a cloud.

The rest of mine

From Healing Hugs

I loved you
All of your life.
I'll miss you the rest of mine.

Anyone can love you

Anyone can love you when things are alright.
It takes courage to love when things are not good,
and it does not feel right.  ~Yolanda Adams

Not replaceable

You are totally replaceable at work.
You're not replaceable at home.
Home is your real life.
Keep that perspective.
Always.

Only thing

From Healing Hugs

Sometimes the only reason why you won't let go of what's making you sad
is because it was the only thing
that made you happy.

Thursday, March 25, 2021

8 Lies

 From FaithIt

8 Lies Satan Whispers to You About Your Marriage
by Sarah Liberty

I laid in bed with my 7-week old son and watched my husband sleep. My husband was very supportive of me, but my hormones were lying to me...I remember feeling so incredibly alone. Postpartum depression and pure exhaustion had taken its toll on me and I started to believe the lies from Satan.

The thoughts running through my head were a little frightening to me. I don't even remember any of them specifically...but I remember thinking that my brain was not my own. I didn't feel close to my husband, or perhaps I felt that we weren't in love anymore--that all of my foundations were crumbling under my feet.

I knew that I was in a delicate state emotionally and I knew that I was under attack. Satan sees Christians in their weak moments and pounces.

Is it any surprise that I even had doubts about God in these low times?

In my weakness, Satan was attacking me in all of my roles...as a Christian, as a wife, and as a mother. All through whispers.

But my marriage felt most attacked at the time.

A moment of honesty from this Christian blogger? I don't fully understand this verse...but I know that God uses marriage for good, and Satan hates that and these lies from Satan can prove it.

"For this reason, a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh. This mystery is profound, but I am speaking about Christ and the church." Ephesians 5:31-32

So here we go! I've heard all of these lies from Satan himself, with slight changes and emphases when he thinks he's being clever.

8 LIES FROM SATAN THAT HE WHISPERS TO YOU ABOUT YOUR MARRIAGE

1.  Your desires are more important than God's Word
Hasn't this been Satan's number one lie since the Garden of Eden? He told Adam and Eve-did God really say? Don't you want some of that forbidden fruit? You must have misunderstood Him; He would never deny you something that you really want."

I'm not sure what slant of this lie that Satan whispers to you the most often...maybe for you, it's:
  • God wants you to be happy, so follow your heart    
  • God wouldn't want you to submit to your husband; that's an antiquated lie
  • Now is a great time to give [in to] your sinful desires for (food, porn, alcohol, etc.) because you deserve it after the stressful day that you had
2.  You deserve better than your husband
If you've been married for longer than a year, I bet you've wondered if you would be happier with someone else. As if happiness is the gauge of a good marriage. The hollow promises from Satan that you would be happier in a different marriage are one of his most successful lines. We've all believed it at one point or another, especially in the age of social media, where everyone's lives look shiny and they all get more likes on their Instagram than I do.

I wrestled with God on this lie.

Let me share what I had to learn -- there are some exceptions in the case of abuse, but if you are experiencing problems in your marriage, it's partially because of your own sin and these problems/sins would occur in a different parallel universe (haha!) marriage as well.

It's only through sanctification through the Holy Spirit that you can get over these stumbling blocks. Not through different/easier circumstances.

3.  You are alone. Your husband is against you --he is your enemy
Loneliness is one of the most effective tools in Satan's arsenal.

Satan knows that we are designed for communion and community...and knows when we are functioning (surviving) outside of our design, we are most likely to entertain the whispers from ANYONE, including even him.

To get us to this place, he appeals to our pride. He plants seeds in our heart that the whole world is against us, that we have no true friends, and even our husband is pitted against us.

When we succumb to the point of believing this lie, the marriage relationship is often most susceptible to emotional, mental, and sexual affairs.

4.  Your sins are not as bad as your husband's sins
Again appealing to our pride, the devil is a slanderer and wants you to feel that your sins within your marriage are NO BIG DEAL! That every wife does the same things as you. But your husband's sins? Goodness, what a monster! (Yup, been there, believed that..! Pretty sure I bought the t-shirt too...)

Satan wants you to believe that your husband is beyond repair; that even God Himself is either unable or unwilling to change your husband's heart towards his sin.

This particular lie is so far from the truth that you HAVE to realize it comes from the pits of Hell itself. God is in the redeeming business and adores His children. He would never abandon us, and when we come back into fellowship with Him, He throws a party! (See Jesus' parable of the Prodigal Son, Luke 15:11-32).

5.  You are tired and deserve better treatment from your husband
Satan loves to attack us when we are tired, sick, emotionally drained, spiritually low...Why? He's a lion prowling around looking for someone to devour.

Satan can't touch your spiritual standing with God, but he can attempt to harm your witness and make your life miserable.

6.  Take this Bible verse and justify your behavior toward your husband
A lot of times women will look at the verse about how husbands should love their wives and ignore the verses about how wives should respect their husbands or submit to their own husbands. (Ephesians 5:22-23).

If your husband is using Bible verses against you like a club to the head, that's not loving in the least. You also shouldn't do the same to your husband. Don't use the Word of God as a weapon to nag your husband with.

7.  Your pain is big -- too big for the outdated Bible
Lies from Satan include telling you that the Bible doesn't apply to you. Or if that isn't a lie that he thinks you'll believe, he might just barely twist God's Word. Satan loves it when we misquote the Word and when we spread lies to each other about God's truths.

8.  Your children are more important than your marriage
When on autopilot, I think a lot of moms fall in to this trap. Sometimes we can find that our kids are easier to relate to because they are so open. Ladies, believe it or not, Satan can and will use your kids to break you and your husband apart. Don't let him do this! Satan wants a foothold in your children's lives, and unfortunately, he knows that without a stable mom and dad relationship, this can be an easy route for him to take.

ANY OF THESE LIES FROM SATAN CAN BE REWORKED OR REWORDED AT DIFFERENT TIMES, TRYING TO GET YOU TO BELIEVE THAT THEY AREN'T ACTUALLY COMING FROM HIM, BUT DON'T WORRY...

THERE'S HOPE!

NONE of these lies from Satan have permanent dominion over your life. With the power of God, you can overtake any single lie that Satan is trying to manipulate you into believing.

Satan may seem like a powerful being, and he is the prince of this world, but God is the Father of all, and God is so much more powerful. Satan is afraid of the Trinity. Even in the human temptation of Jesus Himself, Satan ultimately obeyed the Son of God.

Then Jesus said to him, "Be gone, Satan! For it is written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God and Him only shall you serve.'" Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and you were ministering to Him." Matthew 4:10-11

Take immense hope in the fact that if you have the Holy Spirit in you, and Satan or his demons can try to whisper lies into your ear, but he can never possess a Christian because you are a temple of the Holy Spirit. You are a princess of the Father in Heaven! Ultimately, we can hear two voices, but the Father will always win the battle.

"The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you."
Romans 16:20




Wednesday, March 24, 2021

How lucky

 From Healing Hugs

How lucky I am 
to have
something that
makes saying
goodbye so hard.

~Winnie the Pooh

Abundance without measure

 From God's Revival

Blessed are those who are givers and those who seek provision for others. Those who desire to give rather than receive shall have an abundance without measure. Those who seek their own, shall not find the reward that could be theirs. Many who are still in the world are takers. They do not understand that those who give will have more than enough, but those that hold back and hoard the little that they have shall always be in need. Those that enjoy giving and give the glory to Me shall be overwhelmed with more than an abundance. They shall be the keeper of My storehouse.

Unlearn

From Be Encouraged

Is it possible that God is trying to get you to unlearn the way the world works
so that you can learn the way He works?

Tuesday, March 23, 2021

Get stronger

From Healing Hugs

It doesn't get easier, you get stronger.

Who you are

 From Butterflies Rising

Never be ashamed 
of how deeply and passionately
you loved someone who destroyed you,
because destroying things is just who they are...

but loving things deeply and passionately
is who you are

Those people

You better watch those people who bounce back 
from everything that was meant to destroy them.
Those are God's people and they're not to be played with.

Do you

From 3 am Thoughts

Do good, they will talk
Do bad, they will talk
So do YOU and let them talk.


Never lose

You never lose by loving 
but you always lose by holding back,
so open up your heart and soul and take a chance.
~Nancy Tucker 

Small-mindedness

Forgive them, even when they are not sorry.
Let them be right, if that's what they need.
Send them love and send them off.
Don't tie yourself to small mindedness,
it will steal your well-being.

Love left behind

From Healing Hugs

When we lose someone 
we love, we must learn
not to live without them,
but to live with the love
they left behind.

Feel pain

The ability to feel pain
is not a weakness,
it's a strength.
And those who can endure it,
are stronger.

A scream

 From Healing Hugs

Imagine living with a scream inside you.
And the scream is yours.
And no one else hears it.
That is grief.

Life goes on

 From Healing Hugs

People keep telling me 
that life goes on.
But, to me,
that's the saddest part.

Monday, March 22, 2021

Leave people

 

Leave people 
brighter, softer,
freer,
and lighter
than when you found them.

~Victoria Erickson, Edge of Wonder

Friday, March 19, 2021

Exaggerate

From Faith It

The Devil will exaggerate your mate's failures and inadequacies, sow suspicion and jealousy, indulge your self-pity, insist that you deserve something better, and hold out the hollow promise that things would be better with someone else. But hear Jesus' words, and remember: God can change hearts and remove all hardness if we allow Him.

(Referenced Malachi 2:13,14,16 and Psalm 68:5,6)

Malachi 2:13 
And this is the second thing you do:
You cover the altar of the Lord with tears,
With weeping and crying;
So He does not regard the offering anymore,
Nor receive it with goodwill from your hands.

Malachi 2:14
Yet you say, "For what reason?"
Because the Lord has been witness
Between you and the wife of your youth,
With whom you have dealt treacherously;
Yet she is your companion
And your wife by covenant.

Malachi 2:16
"For the Lord God of Israel says
That He hates divorce,
For it covers one's garment with violence,"
Says the Lord of hosts.
"Therefore take heed to your spirit,
That you do not deal treacherously."

Psalm 68:5,6
A father of the fatherless, a defender of widows,
Is God in His holy habitation.
God sets the solitary in families;
He brings out those who are bound into prosperity;
But the rebellious dwell in a dry land.

 

Thursday, March 18, 2021

New mothers

New mothers are often told that once they've fed, burped, and changed their baby, they should leave their baby alone to self-soothe if they cry because all of their needs have been met.

One day I hope all new mothers will smile confidently and say, "I gave birth to a baby, not just a digestive system. My baby has a brain that needs to learn trust and a heart that needs love.

I will meet all of my baby's needs, emotional, mental, and physical, and I'll respond to every cry because crying is communication, not manipulation."

Attractive

 Your soul is what makes you attractive

Too beautiful

We begin to remember not just
that you died, but that you lived---
---And that your life gave us
memories too beautiful to forget.

Wednesday, March 17, 2021

Never have

From one of Grief sites

It is impossible to go on as you were before,
so you must go on as you never have.


A bad situation

Never let a bad situation bring out the worst in you.
Choose to stay positive and be the strong person that God created you to be!

Deserving of you

From 3 am Thoughts

If they want to leave, let them.
If they push you away, just go.
You weren't put on this earth to convince anyone of your worth.
You're here to learn, create, flourish, spread love.
The ones deserving of you will always make you feel appreciated.

Tuesday, March 16, 2021

They say

They say you'll keep 
forgiving someone you
love until you hate them.

That's deep.

Fulfill that position

She did not choose 
to be alone,
she simply chose
to love herself more.
It required her 
to be the love of her own life,
until someone
comes to fulfill that position.

Immeasurable

 From Healing Hugs

The loss is immeasurable, but so is the love left behind.

Thursday, March 11, 2021

Wednesday, March 10, 2021

An eagle and a crow

 posted by Gretchen on FB

The only bird that will peck at an eagle is the crow. He sits on his back and bites his neck. The eagle does not respond or fight with the crow. It doesn't waste time or energy on the crow. It simply opens its wings and begins to rise higher in the sky. The higher the flight, the harder it is for the crow to breathe. Eventually the crow falls due to lack of oxygen. Stop wasting your time with the crows. Just take them to your heights and they'll fade. May you fly to new heights...  ~Jesse James

Tuesday, March 9, 2021

Winds of heaven

May the winds of heaven blow softly...
And whisper in your ear
How much we love and miss you
And wish 
That you were here

Not to fit in

It is a gift to not fit in.
It sets you up on a journey of
finding sanctuary 
within yourself.
~Brianna West 

Privacy

 From Lifemello

Just because you don't share it on social media, doesn't mean you're not up to big things.
Live it and stay low-key.
Privacy is everything.
~Denzel Washington

Your kind of love

From 3 am Thoughts

Someday, all the love you've given to the wrong people will find its way back to you in someone who's waited their whole life for your kind of love.

Friday, March 5, 2021

Shattered (revisited)

From CQC

Titled "Shattered: Surviving the Loss of A Child" by Gary Roe Quotes

Part One
------------------
Part Two
The pain of the leaving can tear us apart. ~Henri Nouwen

Everyone can master a grief but he who has it. ~Shakespeare

Grief is the proof that love is still here.  ~Tessa Shaffer
-------------------
Part Three
Every time we make the decision to love someone, we open ourselves to great suffering.
~Henri Nouwen
-------------------
Part Four
Something inside the heart has died. ~Unknown

Not all those who wander are lost. ~J.R. Tolkien

There is an empty place within me where my heart once was.  ~George Martin

But of all Heaven's lessons, guilt isn't one of them. You don't need to hold onto it. It doesn't need to be a practice and it shouldn't be your life. ~Tessa Shaffer
------------------
Part Five
Grief turns out to be a place none of us know until we reach it. ~Joan Didion

If you have ever lost someone very important to you, then you already know how it feels, and if you haven't, you can't possibly imagine it.  ~Lemony Snicket

I have heard many things like these. You are miserable comforters, all of you.  ~The Book of Job

What we have once enjoyed deeply we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.
~Helen Keller
--------------------
Part Six
I will never forget the moment when your heart stopped beating and mine kept beating. ~Angela Miller

We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.  ~Kenji Miyazawa

And love is stronger than fear, life stronger than death, hope stronger than despair. ~Henri Nouwen

Those we love never leave us, Harry.  ~J.K. Rowling

It does not matter how long you live but how well you do it. ~MLK Jr.

God loves you because of Who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.

Rescued me

From CQC

What God did for Hayden:

He reached down from heaven and rescued me;
He drew me out of deep waters.
~Psalm 18:16

Kind of pride

From CQC

Some people are proud of their negativity, intelligent insults, ability to cut others with their words. I don't fear them. I feel bad for them. That kind of pride ultimately destroys everything in their lives. Everything.
~Brendon Burchard

Sacrifices of God

From CQC

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit,
A broken and a contrite heart - 
These, O God, You will not despise.
~Psalm 51:17

Set limits

From CQC

Givers have to set limits because takers rarely do.  ~Irma Kurtz

You mean everything

From CQC

To the wrong person you may never have any worth,
but to the right person you mean everything.

Two kinds

From CQC

There are two kinds of people in this world -
only two kinds,
not black or white,
rich or poor,
but those either dead in sin or dead to sin.

You are

From CQC

You are
braver than you believe,
stronger than you seem,
and smarter than you think.

How to fly

From CQC

When God pushes you to the edge of difficulty 
trust Him fully
because two things can happen.
Either He'll catch you when you fall,
or He will teach you how to fly.  ~Chondra Pierce

Loves the most

From CQC

Jesus Christ knows the worst about you. Nonetheless, He is the one who loves you the most. ~A.W. Tozer

Trust in the dark

From CQC

To trust God in the light is nothing, but to trust Him in the dark...that is faith.  ~C.H. Spurgeon

When we cannot speak

 From CQC

It's ok to cry if you are in pain
Remember tears are prayers too
They travel to God 
When we cannot speak

Doesn't cry

From CQC

A strong person is not the one who doesn't cry. A strong person is the one who is quiet and sheds tears for a moment, and then picks up the sword and fights again.

Your wings

 Your wings were ready but my heart was not.

No words

From CQC

Sometimes you just have to stay silent because no words can explain
what's going on in your mind and heart.

Only choice

 From CQC

Sometimes being strong and moving on is the only choice you have.

Sow in tears

From CQC

They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.  ~Romans 5:1

NKJV: 
Faith Triumphs in Trouble
Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. 

Thursday, March 4, 2021

Not them

 From CQC

Forgive people in your life, even those who are not sorry for their actions.
Holding onto anger only hurts you not them.

Everything perfect

From CQC

Don't wait for everything to be perfect before you decide to enjoy your life.

React

 From CQC

Just because I don't react, doesn't mean I didn't notice.

Inside job

From CQC

Happiness is an inside job.
Don't assign anyone else that much power over your life.

Stupid things

From CQC

Don't let stupid things break your happiness.

Silent God

From CQC

Complaining about a silent God when you Bible is closed, 
is like complaining about not getting texts when your phone is turned off.

Perfectionism

From CQC

Fire your perfectionism and your procrastination will quit too.  ~annvoskamp.com

A trap

From CQC

Debt is not a tool, 
It's a trap

Time doesn't

From CQC

Time doesn't heal all wounds, God does

Maturity

From CQC

Maturity means learning to delay pleasure.  ~Dave Ramsey

Something is wrong

From CQC

Something is wrong when our lives make sense to unbelievers.  ~Francis Chan

Easy life

From CQC

Don't pray for an easy life. Pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.  ~Bruce Lee

Things and people

From CQC

World: Love things, not people
God: Love people, not things

Coexist

From CQC

Fear and faith cannot coexist.

Clean up

From CQC

God's ability to clean things up is infinitely greater than our ability to mess things up.
~Tullian Tchividjian

Your value

From CQC

Your value doesn't decrease based on someone's inability to see your worth.

Why wish

From CQC

Why wish upon a star when you can pray to the one who created it? 

Cost of forgiveness

From CQC

When it's hard to forgive, remember the cost of your forgiveness.

Two things

From CQC

Two things define you:
Your patience when you have nothing,
and your attitude when you have everything.

Anyway

From CQC

People are often unreasonable and self-centered. Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse your of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.
If you are honest, people may cheat you. Be honest anyway.
If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway.
The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give your best anyway.
For you see, in the end, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway.
~Mother Theresa

Nearer

From CQC

No danger can come so near the Christian that God is not nearer.

Silence

From CQC

Faith is believing that God is present, even when all we hear is silence. 

Happiest people

From CQC

The happiest people don't have the best of everything, they just make the best of everything.

Choices

From CQC

May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears.   ~Nelson Mandela

Greatest contribution

 From CQC

Your greatest contribution to the kingdom of God may not be something you do but someone you raise.
~Andy Stanley

Biggest lie

 From CQC

The biggest lie I tell myself is "I don't need to write that down, I'll remember it"

Always remember

 From CQC

Always remember you are
Braver than you believe
Stronger than you seem
Smarter than you think
Loved more than you know

Roadblocks

From CQC

Only God can turn roadblocks into speed bumps.

Forgive others

From CQC

Forgive others not because they deserve forgiveness but because you deserve peace.

Small things

From CQC

Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.  ~Vincent VanGogh

God's hand

From CQC

Those who leave everything in God's hand will eventually see God's hand in everything.

The way you do

From CQC

Jesus, help me to see all people the way that you do, including myself.

Wasted

From CQC

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.  ~Aesop

Without

From CQC

Live without pretending
Love without depending
Listen without defending
Speak without offending

Give God

From CQC

Give God your weakness and He'll give you His strength.

Find the gold

From CQC

Anyone can find the dirt in someone. Be the one who finds the gold. ~Proverbs 11:27

NKJV: 
As a ring of gold in a swine's snout,
So is a lovely woman who lacks discretion.

Never lose

From CQC

I never lose.
Either I win or I learn.

Do nothing

 From CQC

To wait on the Lord does not mean to sit down and do nothing.  ~Tony Evans

Empty handed

From CQC

Sometimes God will put you in a battle empty handed so you can see that when you do get the victory you'll know it wasn't you, but Him.
~1 Corinthians 15:57

NKJV: But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Wednesday, March 3, 2021

Fit in

 From CQC

God has not called you to "fit in"  ~1 Peter 2:9

NKJV: 
But you are a chosen generation,
a royal priesthood,
a holy nation,
His own special people,
that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness in to His marvelous light.

Saying no

From CQC

Learning to say no can bring so much peace to your life.

Stop remembering

 From CQC

Stop remembering what God has forgotten.
~Psalm 103:12

NKJV: As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us

Faith bigger

From CQC

I pray that my faith is always bigger than my fears.

With God

From CQC

With God we will gain the victory, 
and He will trample down our enemies.
~Psalm 60:12

NKJV: 
Through God we will do valiently,
For it is He who shall tread down our enemies.

Saying sorry

 From CQC

Simply saying sorry doesn't fix the problem.
It's what you do after that really counts.

Personally

From CQC

There is a huge amount of freedom that comes to you when you take nothing personally. 

Replace it

 From CQC

Sometimes God takes away something you never expected losing,
but he will replace it with something you never imagined you could have.

Time will pass

From CQC

Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it.
The time will pass anyway.

Morality

From CQC

Morality may keep you out of jail but it takes the blood of Christ to keep you out of hell. ~C.H. Spurgeon

Empty

From CQC

If God didn't forgive sinners, Heaven would be empty.

Lift you

From CQC

Surround yourself only with people who are going to lift you higher.  ~Oprah Winfrey

Courage

From CQC

Courage is forward motion in the presence of fear. ~Joyce Meyer

Go on

From CQC

How do I go on giving when part of me isn't there?

No end

From CQC

There is no end to grief...
and there is no end to love. 
~Bono

Terms to remember

From CQC

binds up the broken-hearted

Faith's Reality

What happens

 From CQC

What happens to us doesn't change Who God is

No matter what

 From CQC

God is good no matter what He does,
because it's who He is.

Tell no one

From CQC

Travel and tell no one.
Live a true love story and tell no one.
Live happily and tell no one.
People ruin beautiful things.  ~Kahlil Gibran

Out of nothing

From CQC

Posted by Toby Mac

I made all this out of nothing.
Trust me, I can take care of you.  ~God 

Thought you couldn't

From CQC

Strength doesn't come from what you can do.
It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn't. 

Happy endings

From CQC

There are no happy endings,
Endings are the saddest part.
So just give me a happy middle
And a very happy start.
~Shel Silverstein, Every Thing On It 

The strongest

From CQC

Sometimes the strongest among us are the ones who smile through the silent pain,
cry behind closed doors
and fight battles nobody knows about.
~Ziglar.com

Criticized anyway

From CQC

Do what you feel in your heart to be right, for you'll be criticized anyway.  ~Eleanor Roosevelt

Little things

From CQC

Enjoy the little things in life because one day you will look back and realize they were the big things.
~Zig Ziglar


Donut

 From CQC

I choked on a carrot this afternoon and all I could think was "I bet a donut wouldn't have done this to me"

Trust yourself

 From CQC

Trust yourself. You've survived a lot and you will survive whatever is coming.

Help someone

 From CQC

We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone. ~Ronald Reagan

Never too lost

From CQC

You're never too lost to be saved 

Staying there

From CQC

You don't drown by falling in the water.
You drown by staying there.

Remain suspicious

From CQC

Remain suspicious that God is up to something good.  ~Margaret Feinberg 

Be the reason

From CQC

Be the reason someone believes in the goodness of people.  ~Tim McGraw


Break or make

From CQC

The storm that was sent to break you, 
is going to be the storm that God uses to make you. 

The light remains

 There are some who bring a light so great to the world that even after they have gone the light remains.

Tuesday, March 2, 2021

If God

From CQC

If God said it, I want to believe it.
If God gives it, I want to receive it.
If God shows it, I want to perceive it.
If Satan stole it, I want to retrieve it. 

Your fires

From CQC

Only you can decide how your fires will affect you.
Will you be sanctified or scarred?
~Beth Moore 

Most from the least

From CQC

Sometimes we stand to learn the most about God from the situations we understand the least.
~Beth Moore

Favorite reason

From CQC

You are my favorite reason to never give up

Breakthrough

From CQC

Remember, you always face the greatest struggle right before the breakthrough.

Toxic person

From CQC

When a toxic person can no longer control you, they will try to control how others see you. The misinformation will seem unfair, but stay above it, trusting that other people will eventually see the truth just like you did. 

Bed of roses

 From CQC

When life is not a bed of roses,
remember Who wore the thorns

Never lose

From CQC

What we once enjoyed and deeply loved we can never lose,
For all that we love deeply becomes a part of us.
~Helen Keller 

Children you can see

From CQC

A mother is not defined by the number of children you can see,
but by the love she holds in her heart.
~Franchesca Cox 

Better

 From CQC

God wants to bring you out better than before.

Do not

 From CQC

Be strong and courageous
Do not be afraid;
Do not be discouraged,
For the Lord your God
will be with you
wherever you go.
~Joshua 1:9

Make or break

 From CQC

The days that break you 
Are the days that make you

The first

 From CQC

The first to apologize is the bravest.
The first to forgive is the strongest.
The first to forget is the happiest.

Not once

 From CQC

Not once does the Bible say
"Worry about it"
"Stress over it" or
"Figure it out".
But over and over it clearly says 
"Trust God".

Food & exercise

From CQC

Food is the most abused anxiety drug.
Exercise is the most underutilized antidepressant. 

Bad company

From CQC

Be not deceived:
Bad company corrupts good morals. ~1 Corinthians 15:33 

Voice shakes

From CQC

Speak the truth even if your voice shakes. 

Admit wrong

From CQC

The wisest of people in this world are those who admit when they are wrong.

Because of

From CQC

I'm stronger because I had to be,
I'm smarter because of my mistakes,
happier because of the sadness I've known,
and now wiser because I learned.

Apologizing

From CQC

Apologizing doesn't always mean you are wrong and the other person is right. 
It just means you value your relationship more than your ego.

Always believe

From CQC

Always believe that something wonderful is about to happen. 

Speaking the truth

From CQC

The greatest advantage of speaking the truth is that you don't have to remember what you said.

The right things

From CQC

It's not about saying the right things, it's about doing the right things. 

An adult

From CQC

An adult is just a child who survived.

Monday, March 1, 2021

Too heavy

From CQC

You will find it necessary to let things go, simply for the reason that they are too heavy. ~Corrie ten Boom


Real

From CQC

People want you to be real until you're real and say something they don't like.


Free

From CQC

You are free to choose, but you are not free from the consequence of your choice.  ~Dr. Laura

Permits

From CQC

God permits what He hates to accomplish what He loves.  ~Steve Estes


The will of God

From CQC

Outside the will of God there is nothing I want
And in the will of God there is nothing I fear
~A.W. Tozer

Have to change

From CQC

Sorry is not enough. Sometimes, you actually have to change.

Better his world

From CQC

The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.
~Confucius

Good old days

From CQC

I wish there was a way to know you're in the good old days, before you've actually left them.
~Andy, The Office

Yearns

From CQC

The fact that our heart yearns for something earth can't supply is proof that Heaven must be our home.
~C.S. Lewis

Comparison

From CQC

Comparison is the thief of joy.  ~Theodore Roosevelt


Cruelest things

 From CQC

One of the cruelest things you can do to another person is pretend you care about them more than you really do.  ~Douglas Coupland

Two types

 From CQC

There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world:
Those who are afraid to try
and those who are afraid you will succeed.

Can't understand

 From CQC

Nothing hurts a good soul and a kind heart more than to live amongst people who can't understand it.

Good heart

 From 3 am Thoughts

Another problem with having a good heart is that people think you're stupid.


Over-explaining

 "Over-Explaining Everything Because I'm Afraid Of Not Making Sense Or People Thinking I'm Dumb."
(Sequel to The Hit Book:  
"Under Explaining Everything Because I'm Afraid Of Being Seen As A Rambling Mess")

Her vibe

 It's not her beauty, it's her vibe!

Logical reasons

 Jesus commands us to love one another whether or not we have logical reasons to do so.

A rational person

 From 3 am Thoughts

A rational person can find peace 
by cultivating indifference to 
things outside of their control.
~Naval Ravikant

Longest sentence

 From I Am A Mother To An Angel

They said:
"Write the longest
sentence you know."

I wrote:
"A life without you."

~Cameron Lincoln

Haven't been the same

 from I Am A Mother To An Angel

watched
them
close
the 
casket
on
my 
favorite
person
and I haven't been the same
since.

Comparing

 From 3 am Thoughts

Stop comparing yourself.
Flowers are pretty but so are sunsets and they look nothing alike.

Left behind

When we lose someone we love
we must learn
not to live without them,
but to live
with the love they left behind.

Unbreakable

Someday someone will break you so badly,
that you'll become unbreakable.