Time-tos

Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature–the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter. –Rachel Carson

If you have been grasping onto something, try to let it go. Your empty hands will be ready to receive a new gift. –Juan Nakamori, author

We delight in the beauty of the butterfly but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty. –Maya Angelou, author

With a twinkle in his eyes, my friend says that his favorite prayer is ‘Lord, give me patience; give it to me right now.’ –Billy Graham, evangelist and author

The greatest mistake is in believing that we are ‘only human’… We are human in expression but divine in creation and limitless in potentiality. –Eric Butterworth, minister and author

The best result of prayer is awareness of the presence of God, which allows us to face life with fortitude and dignity. –Sheba Ross Delaney, author

Happiness is a product of attitude and thought. It comes from you, not to you. –Richard Daly, author

We’re concerned with how things turn out; God seems more concerned with how we turn out. –Philip Yancey, author

Somewhere in every crown of suffering, God has implanted a bud of strength that can burst open, releasing extra power. –Sue Monk Kidd, author

Lord, help me celebrate Easter’s victory in all areas of my life.

On this Easter Monday, know that the risen Christ walks ahead of you to prepare the way. There can be no circumstance in which He will not meet you.

Easter won’t really come for me until I know that every day, in all my comings and goings, the Christ of Easter is present in my life. —Kenneth Chafin, author