I am STRONGEST when I am fully surrendered to God, not when I try to be in complete control of everything.
“My grace is all you need, for my power is greatest when you are weak.” I am most happy, then, to be proud of my weaknesses, in order to feel the protection of Christ’s power over me. I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and difficulties for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong. – 2 Corinthians 12, GNT
More than money or any material help, what’s truly valuable is the presence and love of the people who make themselves available to us at the time when we need them most.
Never feel like there is nothing you can give or share. Your very presence is a gift. Your very life is an offering that can never be replaced.
Life is too short not to love the people given us.
We may busy ourselves doing many kinds of work. We may acquire possessions. We may achieve much pleasure. But if we fail to love the people given us, we live a meaningless life. We are only here for a short while. And it is far too short not to LOVE.
The radiant sun is nothing
but a big ball of fire
that hovers above us.
If not for love,
what could the sunrise mean?
What could everything mean at all?
Even the brightest of stars grow pale,
Even the moon loses its mystery,
Nothing hides beneath the seas,
and no mountain is ever worth climbing for.
And yet with love,
even a candy wrapper
can be put in a special golden box,
even a torn ticket
can be held with the highest regard.
It is because you walked these streets,
that I come back here again and again;
It is because you sat in this chair,
that I sit as though
this is the most beautiful chair in all the world.
I touch this pen,
and I feel your fingers,
I hear a song,
and tears flow down my eyes.
Everything comes to life
because you have touched them,
but all the world is meaningless
without love.
I GIVE UP!
I give up anger that doesn’t serve me.
I give up worries that cannot help me.
And I give up the fears that keep me
from boldly reaching the dreams
that I’d DARE TO BE MINE!
Are You Reaching For a Dream?
A dream is a very important thing, it is like a seed one must plant and water and take care of so it can grow and bear fruit in time. When you find it, take care of it, protect it. Some people walk through life not even finding the seed they wanted to grow.
The Small Seed
Let a seed
be buried deep down into the ground
deep down where there is nothing
but darkness
and the smallness of the seed,
let it wait
let it face its greatest fears
for only in being buried
can it sprout forth with new life
only in the truth of its smallness
can it realize its power
to grow
to bear fruit
and to reach the highest heavens
Soaring High
Give me freedom, give me liberty no matter how much it may cost me, and I will pay for it! Set me free like a bird who is learning to fly. Let me go so that I may spread my wings! I may fall once, I may fall twice, I may fall so many times but I will not fall always. I will learn to fly!
If you will not let me go, how can I be strong? How can I live? How can I learn to rise from my fall, from my mistakes?
You may think seclusion shall protect me, but what you do not know is that boredom can kill me a hundred times more. It is more than stupor, it is worse than death.
Let me feel the hurt and the pain so that I may enjoy comfort. Let me experience sorrow so that I may have glorious happiness! It is better than being idle: like a stone that never knew what’s on the other side of the mountain, like a shell that never knew what’s on the other side of the sea.
Let me live, set me free. Let me be responsible for my own soul. Let me think, for I do have a mind. Let me feel, for I too, have a heart. Let me go, for He who made me is free!
Women were meant to surpass the strength of men. How else could a mother carry her babe in her arms?
Women are not inferior to men. They are equal in dignity and in God’s eyes. Women have a different kind of strength, a unique gift, a different light with which to bless those around them.
A woman is an inspiration, a source of light and a bearer of life; bringer of joy and of peace; weaver of harmony and ambassadress of understanding. It is to her that you come for comfort – in the softness of her breast and in the unselfishness of her caring arms. It is to her that you reveal your wounds for you know that they shall not be judged but accepted with strength and healed with a grace that asks for nothing in return. She persuades you to reach your highest dreams and to believe in your best possible self. She completes the song of your soul and calms the troubles of your mind. That in her frailty you may find your strength, and in her tears you may vanquish the sorrow of your own heart.