“Honest rejection of Christ, however mistaken, will be forgiven and healed ... but to evade the Son of Man, to look the other way, to pretend you haven't noticed, to become suddenly absorbed in something on the other side of the street, to leave the receiver off the telephone because it might be He who was ringing up, to leave unopened certain letters in a strange handwriting because they might be from Him -- this is a different matter. You may not be certain yet whether you ought to be a Christian; but you do know you ought to be a Man, not an ostrich, hiding its head in the sand.” KnowsMenWayLooksMayDifferentMatterMightChristianCertainSidesChristStreetsHonestHavensStrangeSonOughtLettersRejectionSandHidingMistakenForgivenTelephonesBe A ManHealedReceiverHandwritingOstriches Author:C. S. Lewis
“Man's books are but man's alphabet, Beyond and on his lessons lie - The lessons of the violet, The large gold letters of the sky; The love of beauty, blossomed soil, The large content, the tranquil toil: The toil that nature ever taught, The patient toil, the constant stir, The toil of seas where shores are wrought, The toil of Christ, the carpenter; The toil of God incessantly By palm-set land or frozen sea.” MenBookLyingChristSeaSkyLandTaughtLessonsLettersGoldConstantPatientSoilShoreToilPalmsFrozenVioletTranquilAlphabetCarpenterIncessantly Author:Joaquin Miller
“Expose your life to real need. Visit a developing a country. Take a short term mission trip. Write an inmate, send a letter to a sponsored child, serve in the inner city, at a food bank, with a crisis pregnancy center. Make time for shut-ins, the elderly, the sick, the single-parents, the new believers. Just find one way you can make your awareness of your gift-graced life intersect with a real place of need - and Christ in us will do the rest.” WayNeedsWritingChildrenRealCountryParentTermChristCitiesAwarenessLettersSickCrisisMissionsBelieverOne WayDevelopingPregnancyShort TermElderlyMaking TimeInner CitySingle ParentInmatesMission TripFood Banks Author:Ann Voskamp
“As all types and figures in the Law were but empty shadows without the coming of Christ, so the New Testament is but a dead letter without the Holy Spirit in redeemed men as the living power of a full salvation.” MenChristianLawSpiritChristReligiousFiguresTypeHolyShadowEmptyLettersSalvationHoly SpiritTestamentNew TestamentRedeemed Book:The Power of the Spirit Source: The Power of the Spirit