Go together

Achter het Oude Stadhuis, Marktplein, Amersfoort

"Beauty and sadness always go together."

~George MacDonald

Divinest comfort, Jesus doeth all things well

Amersfoort

All the way my Savior leads me

What have I to ask beside?

Can I doubt His faithful mercies?

Who through life has been my guide

Heavenly peace, divinest comfort

Here by faith in Him to dwell

For I know whatever fall me

Jesus doeth all things well

~Fanny J. Crosby, 1867

The only lesson

Hoorn

"To suffer without complaint is the only lesson we have to learn in this life."

~Vincent van Gogh

Some good

Enkhuizen

"There is some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for."

~J.R.R. Tolkien

He is able

Hoorn

"Because He himself suffered when He was tempted,

He is able to help those who are being tempted."

~Hebrews 2:18

Love never fails

~  40  ~

"Love is always supportive,

loyal, hopeful,

and trusting.

Love never fails."

~1 Cor. 13:7,8a

Heart of wonder

"May you experience each day as a sacred gift

woven around the heart of wonder."

~John O'Donohue

He knew us

"God loves us completely.

And He knew us at our worst before He ever began to love us at all."

~Rich Mullins

Those who daily

"We die daily. Happy those who daily come to life as well."

~George MacDonald

We know with Whom we go

Wijk bij Duurstede

"Wherever Jesus may lead us, He goes before us.

If we don’t know where we are going, we know with Whom we go."

~Charles Spurgeon

What You want to give me

"Dear God,

I am so afraid to open my clenched fists!

Who will I be when I have nothing left to hold on to?

Who will I be when I stand before you with empty hands?

Please help me to gradually open my hands

and to discover that I am not what I own,

but what You want to give me."

~Henri Nouwen

My favorite spot in Amsterdam

Prinsengracht with Westerkerk and Westertoren

Trying to have a bright day

"Trying to be happy without a sense of God’s presence is like trying to 

have a bright day without the sun."

~A.W. Tozer

The shelter of the Most High

"He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High

will abide in the shadow of the Almighty."

~ Psalm 91:1

The Creator - Blessed 2017

Oude Kerk, Veenendaal

"There is a God shaped vacuum in the heart of every man which cannot be filled by any created thing,

but only by God, the Creator, made known through Jesus."

~Blaise Pascal

Pensées

Blessed 2017 !

Peace, love and joy

"Power, success, happiness, as the world knows them, are his who will fight for them hard enough;

but peace, love, joy are only from God."

~Frederick Buechner

It is His joy

"No one need be downcast, for Jesus is the joy of heaven,

and it is His joy to enter into sorrowful hearts."

~A.W. Tozer

Your goodness and love

"Surely your goodness and love will follow me

all the days of my life,

and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever."

~Psalm 23:4

Sees what he sees

"The traveler sees what he sees. The tourist sees what he has come to see."

―G.K. Chesterton

One thing I ask from the Lord

Psalm of David:

4 One thing I ask from the Lord,

this only do I seek:

that I may dwell in the house of the Lord

all the days of my life,

to gaze on the beauty of the Lord

and to seek him in his temple.

5 For in the day of trouble

he will keep me safe in his dwelling;

he will hide me in the shelter of his sacred tent

and set me high upon a rock.

6 Then my head will be exalted

above the enemies who surround me;

at his sacred tent I will sacrifice with shouts of joy;

I will sing and make music to the Lord.

7 Hear my voice when I call, Lord;

be merciful to me and answer me.

8 My heart says of you, “Seek his face!”

Your face, Lord, I will seek.

9 Do not hide your face from me,

do not turn your servant away in anger;

you have been my helper.

Do not reject me or forsake me,

God my Savior.

10 Though my father and mother forsake me,

the Lord will receive me.

11 Teach me your way, Lord;

lead me in a straight path

because of my oppressors.

12 Do not turn me over to the desire of my foes,

for false witnesses rise up against me,

spouting malicious accusations.

13 I remain confident of this:

I will see the goodness of the Lord

in the land of the living.

14 Wait for the Lord;

be strong and take heart

and wait for the Lord."

~Psalm 27

My nature

Köln

"There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends.

I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature."

~Jane Austen