All the beauty

Kasteel Prattenburg, Utrechtse Heuvelrug

"All the beauty we have looked for in art or faces or places—and all the love

we have looked for in the arms of other people—

is only fully present in God himself."

~Timothy Keller

From the ashes a fire shall be woken

 Jachthuis St. Hubertus, Hoge Veluwe

"All that is gold does not glitter,

Not all those who wander are lost;

The old that is strong does not wither,

Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,

A light from the shadows shall spring;

Renewed shall be blade that was broken,

The crownless again shall be king."

~J.R.R. Tolkien

To the Rabbi

"The unwounded life bears no resemblance to the Rabbi."

~Brennan Manning

Past tears are present strength

"Past tears are present strength."

~George MacDonald

Phantastes

Come to love it

Hulshorst, Holland

"Nobody tells you, when you get born here,

how much you'll come to love it but how you'll never belong here." 

~Rich Mullins

For what is your life?

"Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life?

It is even a vapor that appears for a little time, and then vanishes away."

~James 4:14

When I am weak

"When I am weak then am I strong, Grace is my shield and Christ my song."
~Charles Spurgeon

The constant gracious listener

"God is the constant gracious listener to our every thought,

and prayer begins when we bring what we most naturally think about before God."

~John Ortberg

Delicious autumn!

"Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it,

and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns."

~Mary Ann Evans (Georg Eliot)

He waited

"Jesus himself did not try to convert the two thieves on the cross;

He waited until one of them turned to Him." 

~Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Letters and Papers from Prison

He has given you the autumn rains

"Rejoice in the Lord your God,

for He has given you the autumn rains,

because He is faithful"

~Joel 2:23

The pain that gnaws

"Christians get very angry toward other Christians who sin differently than they do."

~Philip Yancey

"The night racks my bones, and the pain that gnaws me takes no rest."

~Job 30:17

"Grace is the most perplexing, powerful force in the universe,

and, I believe,

the only hope for our twisted, violent planet."

~Philip Yancey

We were promised sufferings

"We were promised sufferings. They were part of the program.
We were even told, 'Blessed are they that mourn,' and I accept it.
I've got nothing that I hadn't bargained for. Of course it is different when the thing happens to oneself,
not to others, and in reality, not imagination."
~C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed

When you come down

"Radical isn't about how high you jump in a worship service,
its about how you walk when you come down."
~Mike Bickle

What Jesus did was sufficient

"The gospel declares that no matter how dutiful or prayerful we are,
we can't save ourselves.
What Jesus did was sufficient."
~Brennan Manning

Great gain

"Now there is great gain in godliness with contentment,"

~1 Timothy 6:6

Wonderful are Your works

"Wonderful are Your works; my soul knows it very well"

~Psalm 139:14

Your way before you

"Behold, I send my messenger before your face,
who will prepare your way before you."
~Luke 7:27

Peace with God

"Therefore, since we have been justified by faith,

we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ."

~Romans 5:1

A love affair

"Let your religion be less of a theory
and more of a love affair."
~G.K. Chesterton