For individuals

"God isn't looking for people of great faith, but for individuals ready to follow Him."

~Hudson Taylor

When one is most alive

"There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, and beyond which life cannot rise.

And such is the paradox of living, this ecstasy comes when one is most alive,

and it comes as a complete forgetfulness that one is alive."

~Jack London, The Call of the Wild

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

As water reflects

"As water reflects the face, so one’s life reflects the heart."

~Proverbs 27:19

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)

Wisp of smoke

Last sunflowers of 2015

"A great fire burns within me, but no one stops to warm themselves at it,
and passers-by only see a wisp of smoke."
~Vincent van Gogh, 1880

The uglier, older, iller, poorer I get

"The uglier, older, meaner, iller, poorer I get,

the more I wish to take my revenge by doing brilliant color, well arranged, resplendent."

~Vincent van Gogh

My portion forever

"My flesh and my heart fail;
But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever."
~Psalm 73:26

Boats up on shore

"So they pulled their boats up on shore, left everything and followed Him."
~Luke 5:11