Everyday Simple Abundance: "In quietness and in confidence shall be your strength."

Monday, June 23, 2008

"In quietness and in confidence shall be your strength."

I have loved this verse from Isaiah 30 since I was a child. I will always need my own quiet space to gain the strength I need for life. I am sitting here in the dark silent house while my family sleeps. I am tired beyond words from days on end of family activity and work and the countdown to our move. Still, something inside me craves this time more than rest.

Thank you for this special place and the gift of peace You bring me every time we meet here.

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Superhero Mom said...: I love your site! The pictures are beautiful and your words are uplifting. Thank you for commenting on my blog and I pray we can encourage one another often! Blessings to you!; June 25, 2008 at 4:01 PM

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Quotes that inspire me

“God is not a belief to which you give your assent. God becomes a reality whom you know intimately, meet everyday, one whose strength becomes your strength, whose love, your love. Live this life of the presence of God long enough and when someone asks you, “Do you believe there is a God?” you may find yourself answering, “No, I do not believe there is a God. I know there is a God.” ~Ernest Boyer, Jr.
"there is no use trying," said alice... ..."one can't believe impossible things." "i dare say you haven't had much practice," said the queen. "when I was your age, i always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes i've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast."
"To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not, rich; to listen to stars and birds, babes and sages, with open heart; to study hard; to think quietly, act frankly, talk gently, await occasions, hurry never; in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common--this is my symphony." William Henry Channing
"PEACE. It does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble or hard work. It means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart." Unknown
Lines from Jack Kerouac’s On the Road: “The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved. The ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars.”