Never whisper to the deaf or wink at the blind.
Never beg from one who was a beggar.
The afternoon knows what the morning never suspected.
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
A lawyer never goes to law himself.
Borrowed garments never fit well.
Broken friendships can be soldered, but never sound.
Money spent on the mind is never spent in vain.
Never offer to teach a fish to swim.
Opportunities may come but they never linger.
The heart that truly loves never forgets.
A heart in love with beauty never grows old.
Good actions are never lost.
He that falls by himself never cries.
You never lose a false coin.
You just have too little faith, Estella...in yourself and in God. Don't assume that because He didn't give you one thing you wanted, He isn't ready to give you something else you might want more. He knows our desires better than we do, after all.
When the world careens out of control, we can rest in the fact that God spun this world with a simple word. Matter from emptiness. Beauty from void. Community from chaos.
To abandon all is to take our hearts, place them before the One who created them, and dare to believe He can live life powerfully through our surrendered lives.
Because the culture we breathe and work in rushes against rest. It equates our worth with production and wealth and fame. The more we work toward those goals, the more society assigns us worth.
We may not understand the pathways God lays out before us. We may not even like walking the journey. But even in failure, we can trust that He’ll do more than we expect.
I rode all day. I cried all night. The moon didn’t glow. The sun didn’t rise. A comet blazed Between my eyes. West and South, Wind and rain. Every way is Just the same. Pray give me a box To hide inside. Pray give me a spade To dig my own grave.
