FACING CHANGE

" . . . We can become curious as much as frightened in the face of change."

Julia Cameron
The Right To Write   p. 31
Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam  1998

MY HEART FEELS LIGHTER

I had an aha! moment as I was praying for our nation yesterday. I have anticipated God's discipline for the sinful direction our nation is going. I expected that discipline to be harsh and ugly. God reminded me of Hebrews 12:6. My heart feels lighter. Whom God LOVES He disciplines.

Lonnie

Beyond 50 Words

"My child, do not ignore the instruction that comes from the Lord, or lose heart when He steps in to correct you.

For the Lord disciplines those He loves and corrects each one He takes as His own."
Hebrews 12:5-6a The Voice 

FLAWED?

"My daughter works with the destitute of the world and others trapped in and sold into the sex-trafficking industry. She wears a black pearl pendant around her neck, a gift from a friend. When the friend saw it in a store, she commented that the pearls had some odd markings. 'Yes,' said the clerk, 'some see them as flawed; others see them as special.'"

Ravi K. Zacharias
The Grand Weaver   p.25
Zondervan    2007

WORRY, WHY . . . ?

"If worry can't change anything, why do you do it so much."

Luke 12:26  The Voice Translation (Thomas Nelson  2012)



Lonnie Note:

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FOLLOW SOMEONE WHO KNOWS MORE

"Walking by faith means to follow Someone else who knows more than we do, Someone who is good."

Ravi K. Zacharias
The Grand Weaver  p.43
Zondervan  2007

TOO OLD--TOO YOUNG

"Somedays, I feel too old to look forward. Other days, I feel too young to stop dreaming."

Lonnie

SUFFERING

"The burden of suffering seems to be a tombstone hung around our necks. Yet in reality it is simply the weight necessary to hold the diver down while he is searching for pearls."

Streams In The Desert
Julius Richter as quoted by L. B. Cowman