THANKSGIVING

“The foremost quality of a trusting disciple is gratefulness. Gratitude arises from the lived perception, evaluation, and acceptance of all of life as grace—as an undeserved and unearned gift from the Father’s hand. Such recognition is itself the work of grace, and acceptance of the gift is implicitly an acknowledgement of the Giver.” (Brennan Manning in Ruthless Trust)

BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE

"The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen." ― Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD

I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish He didn't trust me so much. ~Mother Teresa~

THE NECESSITY OF REALITY

"There is no greater disaster in the spiritual life than to be immersed in unreality, for life is maintained and nourished in us by our vital relation to reality." - Thomas Merton

REALITY AND PRAYER

 “When a man is at his wit’s end, it is not a cowardly thing to pray; it is the only way he can get in touch with reality!” – Oswald Chambers

DISCIPLESHIP TODAY

"Much of what passes for discipleship today is merely sin management." - Dallas Willard

THE AUTHENTIC GOSPEL

"If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself.' - Saint Augustine