Comfort in this life

"If God's love for his children is to be measured by our health, wealth,
and comfort in this life,
God hated the apostle Paul."
~John Piper

We are not the healers

"We are not the healers, we are not the reconcilers,
we are not the givers of life.

We are sinful, broken, vulnerable people

who need as much care as anyone we care for."

~Henri Nouwen

Het gaat hard als het gezellig is, als het niet gezellig is nog harder ..

Small things

"Great things are done by a series of small things brought together."

~Vincent Van Gogh

If God was cultured, as most Christian people wish He was ..

"And if God was cultured,
if He was as civilized as most Christian people wish He was,
He would be useless to Christianity.
But God is a Wild Man.

And I hope that the course of your life you encounter Him.
But let me warn you,
you need to hang on for dear life,
or let go for dear life, maybe is better."

~Rich Mullins, 1997

Is home where the heart is?

"From the rising of the sun to the place where it sets,
    the name of the Lord is to be praised.

He settles the childless woman in her home
as a happy mother of children.

Praise the Lord."
~Psalm 113:

All Your works

"I will consider all Your works

    and meditate on all Your mighty deeds."

~Psalm 77:12

Die of passion

"I would rather die of passion than of boredom."

~Vincent van Gogh

To love people

"There is nothing more truly artistic than to love people."

~Vincent van Gogh

Prosperity knits a man to the world

11 sept. 2004,
from top of Empire State Building

"Prosperity knits a man to the world. He feels that he is finding his place in it,

while really it is finding its place in him."

~C.S. Lewis

Man in Black

"Blind Pharisee!
First clean the inside of the cup and dish,

and then the outside also will be clean."

Matthew 23:26

The ministry that brings righteousness!

"If the ministry that brought condemnation was glorious,

how much more glorious is the ministry that brings righteousness!"

~2 Corinthians 3:9

His unfailing love

"The Lord delights in those who fear Him, who put their hope in His unfailing love."

~Psalm 147:11

My people have been lost sheep

"My people have been lost sheep; their shepherds have led them astray and caused them

to roam on the mountains.

They wandered over mountain and hill and forgot their own resting place."

~Jeremiah 50:6

For where your treasure is

"So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’

But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy,

and where thieves do not break in and steal.

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."

~Matthew 6:31,20,21