"Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservations." - Elton Trueblood

I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust." - Psalm 91:2

"A father is a guy who has snapshots in his wallet where his money used to be."  

We love, because He first loved us. - 1 John 4:19

Happy Father's Day!

 
 

"Sure I wave the American flag. Do you know a better flag to wave? Sure I love my country with all her faults. I'm not ashamed of that, never have been, never will be." - John Wayne

Let not loyalty and faithfulness forsake you; bind them about your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. - Proverbs 3:3

"Whatever God tells us to do, He also helps us to do." - Dora Greenwell

 I pray that you will begin to understand how incredibly great his power is to help those who believe him. - Ephesians 1:19

"Truth is the only safe ground to stand upon." - Elizabeth Cady Stanton

"I am the way, the truth, and the life." - Jesus, as quoted in John 14:6

"I find that while faith is steady nothing can disquiet me, and when faith totters nothing can establish me." - Joseph Eliot

Do not fear . . . let not your hands grow weak. The LORD, your God, is in your midst, a warrior who gives great victory. He will rejoice over you with gladness, he will renew you in his love;he will exult over you with loud singing as on the day of a festival. - Zephaniah 3:16-17

“The mother eagle teaches her little ones to fly by making their nest so uncomfortable that they are forced to leave it and commit themselves to the unknown world of air outside. And just so does our God to us.”  - Hannah Whitall Smith

If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there thy hand shall lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. - Psalm 139:9-10

"Our loving Lord . . . has promised never to call His own sheep out into any path without Himself going before them to make the way easy and safe." - Hannah Whitall Smith

You go before me and follow me.You place your hand of blessing on my head. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too great for me to understand! - Psalm 139:5

"When hemmed in on all sides, the only place to look is up."

Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know. - Jeremiah 33:3

"A word of encouragement will go miles further than a handful of negative warnings."

Let everything you say be good and helpful, so that your words will be an encouragement to those who hear them. - Ephesians 4:29

"Tests come to soften our spirits, not to harden our hearts."

 "I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh." - God (Ezekiel 11:19)