“Roads are wet where'er one wendeth, And with rain the thistle bendeth, And the brook cries like a child! Not a rainbow shines to cheer us; Ah! the sun comes never near us, And the heavens look dark and wile.” LooksChildrenHeavenDarkSunCryRainShiningCheerWetRainbowBrooksThistles Author:Mary Howitt
“The windflower and the violet, they perished long ago, And the brier-rose and the orchis died amid the summer glow; But on the hills the golden-rod, and the aster in the wood, And the yellow sunflower by the brook, in autumn beauty stood, Till fell the first from the clear cold heaven, as falls the plague on men, And the brightness of their smile was gone, from upland glade and glen.” MenFirstsLongFallHeavenGoneClearColdSummerDiedRoseWoodsGoldenHillsAutumnYellowLong AgoVioletPlagueBrooksBrightnessSunflowerAsters Author:William C. Bryant
“Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters.” TwoEarthPoliticalHeavenSunMastersBrooksTwo Masters Author:Alexander the Great
“The pursuit of God is not a part-time, weekend exercise. If it is, chances are you will experience a part-time, weekend freedom. Abiding requires a kind of staying power. The pursuit is relentless. It hungers and thirsts. It pants as the deer after the mountain brook. It takes the kingdom by storm...The pursuit of God is a pursuit of passion. Indifference will not do. To abide in the Word is to hang on tenaciously. A weak grip will soon slip away. Discipleship requires staying power. We sign up for duration. We do not graduate until heaven.” IfsKindPassionHeavenChanceExerciseMountainWeakHungerStormPursuitKingdomsIndifferenceStayingWeekendSlipsGraduatesPantsThirstDiscipleshipRelentlessAbidingChances AreBrooksDeerDurationPart TimeHunger And ThirstStaying Power Author:R. C. Sproul