No amount of ability is of the slightest avail without honor.
- Andrew Carnegie

Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once. - William Shakespeare

Galatians 2:20.

I am crucified with Christ nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

my favorite:
phillipians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

amen to that Winnie

luke13:6-9. He spake also this parable;

A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none. Then said he unto the dresser of the vineyards, Behold these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none; cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground? And he answering said unto him,Lord, let it alone this year also,till I shall dig about it, and dung it: And if it bear fruit, well, and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.


Sir Winston Churchill once said, " Never give up"

England on his watch endured WW2. well dung.

Sharp swords cut effortlessly.

lovely quote Wouldee

"Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it."

Author: Pascal

So true!!!! I guess we need to get the kids up for school early and hope they don't miss the lesson.

"Rest in this-it is His business to lead, command,
impel, send, call, or whatever you want to call it.
It is your business to obey, follow, move, respond,
or what have you... The sound of 'gentle stillness'
after all the thunder and wind have passed
will be the ultimate Word from God."
-Jim Elliot

Man’s extremity is God’s opportunity. Unshakable faith is faith that has been shaken.
- Unknown

Psalms 68 : 20.

He that is our God is the God of salvation ; and unto God the Lord belong the issues from death.

Mark 4:23 and Mark 7:16
“If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.”
This holds special meaning to me as I cannot hear speech unaided any longer.

For a small reward, a man will hurry away on a long journey; while for eternal life, many will hardly take a single step. ... Thomas a' Kempis (1380-1471)

Faith endures as seeing Him who is invisible (Heb. 11:27); endures the disappointments, the hardships, and the heart-aches of life, by recognizing that all comes from the hand of Him who is too wise to err and too loving to be unkind. But so long as we are occupied with any other object than God Himself, there will be neither rest for the heart nor peace for the mind. But when we receive all that enters our lives as from His hand, then, no matter what may be our circumstances or surroundings—whether in a hovel or prison-dungeon, or at a martyr's stake—we shall be enabled to say, " The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places" (Ps. 16:6). But that is the language of faith, not of sight nor of sense.

—Arthur W. Pink

If God would concede me His omnipotence for 24 hours, you would see how many changes I would make in the world. But if He gave me His wisdom too, I would leave things as they are.
J.M.L. Monsabre

If the solar system was brought about by an accidental collision, then the appearance of organic life on this planet was also an accident, and the whole evolution of Man was an accident too. If so, then all our present thoughts are mere accidents - the accidental by-product of the movement of atoms. And this holds for the thoughts of the materialists and astronomers as well as for anyone else's. But if their thoughts - i.e., Materialism and Astronomy - are mere accidental by-products, why should we believe them to be true? I see no reason for believing that one accident should be able to give me a correct account of all the other accidents. It's like expecting the accidental shape taken by the splash when you upset a milk-jug should give you a correct account of how the jug was made and why it was upset.
C.S. Lewis

LUKE 13 : 30.

And, behold, there are last that shall be first ,

and there are first which shall be last.