Be my frowning friend

"Come, then, affliction, if my Father wills, and be my frowning friend.

A friend that frowns is better than a smiling enemy."

~George MacDonald

That divine spark alive

"Love is the best and noblest thing in the human heart,

especially when it is tested by life as gold is tested by fire.

Happy is he who has loved much, and although he may have wavered and doubted,

he has kept that divine spark alive

and returned to what was in the beginning and ever shall be."

~Vincent van Gogh

Called to witness

"We are called to witness, always with our lives and sometimes with our words,

to the great things God has done for us."

~Henri Nouwen

Another place where you're a stranger

"And ain't it funny what people say 

And ain't it funny what people write 

And ain't it funny how it hits you so hard 

In the middle of the night 

And if your home is just another place where you're a stranger 

And far away is just somewhere you've never been 

I hope that you'll remember, I was your friend 

I hope you'll have the strength to just remember 

I'm still your friend."

~Rich Mullins

A silent weary tear

"Oh give me mercy for my dreams

'Cause every confrontation seems to tell me

What it really means

To be this lonely sailor

And when the sky begins to clear

The sun it melts away my fear

And I shed a silent weary tear

For those who mean to love me"

~Dougie MacLean

Still before the Lord

"Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for Him."
~Psalm 37:7

Where God wants you to be

"Because where God wants you to be,

God holds you safe and gives you peace,

even when there is pain."

~Henri Nouwen

The Inner Voice of Love

Retraite

To hold me

"He has chosen not to heal me, but to hold me.

The more intense the pain, the closer His embrace."

~Joni Eareckson Tada