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  :-)

Capacity for beer

"When I get honest, I admit I am a bundle of paradoxes.

I believe and I doubt,
I hope and get discouraged, I love and I hate,
I feel bad about feeling good,

I feel guilty about not feeling guilty. I am trusting and suspicious.

I am honest and I still play games.
Aristotle said I am a rational animal;

I say I am an angel with an incredible capacity for beer."

~Brennan Manning

The Ragamuffin Gospel

Forget to give thanks

"We pray for the big things and forget to give thanks for the ordinary,

small (and yet really not small) gifts."

~Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Why beer was invented

"Let a man walk ten miles steadily on a hot summer's day along a dusty English road,
and he will soon discover why beer (Guinness) was invented."
~G.K. Chesterton

The best

"The best is perhaps what we understand the least."
~C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed

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 ..

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:

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

Art is spirit. Cash is flesh

"Art is spirit. Cash is flesh."

~unknown

No one ever told me

"No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear."
~C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed

Just daily

"The biggest problem with life is that it's just daily."
~Rich Mullins

In Guinness I trust, sometimes ..

Do not lose heart

“My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline,
and do not lose heart when He rebukes you,
because the Lord disciplines the one he loves,
and He chastens everyone He accepts as His son.”
~Hebrews 12:5b,6

All you who are thirsty

"Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy whiskey and milk without money and without cost."

~Isaiah 55:1

Dat je van Hem hòudt

"God wil je niet per se gebruiken, Hij wil meer dan wat ook,
dat je van Hem hòudt."

~Hansee

The purpose of the Lord

"Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand."

~Proverbs 19:21

My food

"My food, said Jesus, is to do the will of Him who sent me."
~John 4:34

Lord, preserve my life

"For Your name’s sake,

Lord, preserve my life; in Your righteousness, bring me out of trouble.

In Your unfailing love, silence my enemies;

destroy all my foes,

for I am Your servant."

~Psalm 143:11,12

The Lord said

"Then the Lord said to Hosea, “Call him Jezreel."
~Hosea 1:4

One who is thirsty (Coffee in the Galérie)

"Come." And let the one who is thirsty come;
let the one who desires take the water of life without price."
~Revelation 21:17