Let us be like a bird for a moment perched
on a frail branch while he sings;
though he feels it bend, yet he sings his song,
knowing he has wings.
— Victor Hugo
Posted in Reflections, tagged poem on December 31, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Let us be like a bird for a moment perched
on a frail branch while he sings;
though he feels it bend, yet he sings his song,
knowing he has wings.
— Victor Hugo
Posted in Reflections, tagged quotable quote on December 29, 2014| Leave a Comment »
The pursuit
of truth and beauty
is a sphere of activity
in which we are permitted
to remain children
all our lives.
— Albert Einstein
Posted in Reflections, tagged poem on December 29, 2014| 1 Comment »
I have closed the door on doubt.
I will go by what light I can find,
and hold up my hands
and reach them out.
— Irene Pettit McKeehan
Posted in Reflections, tagged quotable quote on December 27, 2014| Leave a Comment »
The wrinkles on my grandmother’s face were beautiful. When “Mema” laughed, all the lines on her face curved upward, like a hundred smiles. Now that I’m getting on in years, I often think of Mema. Her wrinkles chronicled the wisdom she had gained from life. In her younger years, she lost the family farm, her home, my grandfather’s income, and her soldier son. But she never lost her faith. Though life was hard, God made her strong on the inside. In here older years, she was the wise matriarch of our family. She was the most joyful person we knew. We should wear wrinkles like smiles. We’ve earned them.
— Nancy Jo Sullivan, 2015 A Book of Grace-Filled Days, p. 244
Posted in Reflections, tagged poem on December 26, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Sweet souls around us watch us still,
press nearer to our side;
into our thoughts, into our prayers,
with gentle helpings glide.
— Harriet Beecher Stowe
Posted in Reflections on December 25, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Faith goes up the stairs
that love has made
and looks out of the windows
which hope has opened.
— Charles H. Spurgeon
Posted in Reflections, tagged quotable quote on December 22, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Sometimes we are called to wait upon God. Other times, we must move “in haste,” as Mary did. Today, think about the call God makes in your life. Are you being instructed to wait? Or is it time to move in haste?
— Nancy Jo Sullivan, 2015 A Book of Grace-Filled Days, p. 386