A bottle of Port

"I didn’t go to religion to make me happy.

I always knew a bottle of Port would do that.

If you want a religion to make you feel really comfortable,

I certainly don’t recommend Christianity."

~C.S. Lewis

Weeping a little

"One runs the risk of weeping a little, if one lets oneself be tamed."

~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

A deeper meaning

"It is looking at things for a long time that ripens you and gives you a deeper meaning."

~Vincent van Gogh

detail "Amandelbloesem" - Vincent van Gogh, 1890

Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

"I want to touch people with my art.

I want them to say 'he feels deeply, he feels tenderly'."

~Vincent van Gogh

To console those

"Art is to console those who are broken by life."

~Vincent van Gogh

Admire as much as you can

"We are surrounded by poetry on all sides.."

~Vincent van Gogh

"Admire as much as you can. Most people do not admire enough."

~Vincent van Gogh

To see the clouds

"While my friend always spoke about the sun,
I kept speaking about the clouds, until one day I realized that it was the sun
that allowed me to see the clouds."
~Henri Nouwen

Our chance to choose

"Now is our chance to choose the right side. God is holding back to give us that chance.
It won't last forever. We must take it or leave it."

~C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

Fix your eyes on Jesus

"Therefore, holy brothers,
who share in the heavenly calling,

fix your eyes on Jesus,

our Apostle and High priest, whom we confess."

~Hebrews 3:1

My song in the night

"You hold my eyelids open;
I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
I have considered the days of old,
The years of ancient times.
I call to remembrance my song in the night.
I meditate within my heart.

Will the Lord cast off forever?
And will He be favorable no more? 
Has His mercy ceased forever?
Has His promise failed forevermore?

I will also meditate on all Your work,
And talk of Your deeds.
Your way, O God,
is in the sanctuary;
Who is so great a God as our God?"
~Psalm 77:4-8,12,13

p.s. this was post no. 1000  :-)

Never take lightly what it cost Him

"Never forget what Jesus did for you. Never take lightly what it cost Him. 
And never assume that if it cost Him His very life, that it won't also cost you yours."
~Rich Mullins

“It is finished”

 "So when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished!”

And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit."

~John 19:30