But you keep on loving

Dieppe

"If you try to have faith, you will be attacked by doubts you never knew you were capable of.
But you keep on believing, even if you fall, even if you struggle with doubts, you keep on believing.

And if you live a life that is marked by hope, by the belief that God is good, and there is goodness in the world that awaits us, you'll be disappointed. You'll be crushed, even, sometimes.
But you keep on hoping.

And if you choose to love, you will be misunderstood, you will be betrayed, you will be rejected by the people who most desperately need the love you have to offer.
We are blemished people, and in order to love anybody,
in any way, we have to expose that part of us that we'd rather keep hidden.
Our own selfishness, our own fears, our own hangups, and it's embarrassing. So humiliating.
But you keep on loving.

Many of us are obsessed with becoming rich, many of us are obsessed with becoming smart.
But all of our wisdom, all of our great insights; we see in part and we prophesy in part..
But when that which is perfect comes, that which is in part is done away with.
But There are three things that will remain: faith, and hope, and love.
Make sure you live in those."
―Rich Mullins

Get enough

"There are two ways to get enough.

One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less."

~G.K. Chesterton

Every walk with Nature

The Burren, Ireland

"In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks."

~John Muir

Look at Nature's loveliness

"I care to live only to entice people to look at Nature’s loveliness."

~John Muir

This is at one of my favorite spot's in the whole world. It's called "The Burren"
and it's on the Atlantic westside of Ireland. My beloved Ireland ...
In the background a part of the great Galway Bay.
This is ancient land and even kind of holy ground ..

A precious cornerstone

"Therefore thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I am the one who has laid as a foundation in Zion, 
a stone, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation:
‘Whoever believes will not be in haste.’"
~Isaiah 28:16

Spiritual house

Gortgarriff, Beara Peninsula, Ireland

"As you come to Him, the living Stone -- rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious 

to Him -- you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house."

~1 Peter 2:4

Bring joy

"Bring joy to your servant, Lord,
for I put my trust in You."

~Psalm 86:4

If it is God’s will

"For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil."

~1 Peter 3:17

Rock for all the nations

"I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock for all the nations.

All who try to move it will injure themselves."

~Zechariah 12:3b