“Let every Christian be a gardener so that he and she and the whole of creation, which groans in expectation of the Spirit's final harvest, may inherit Paradise. If we Christian's truly treasure the hope that one day we, like Adam and the penitent thief, will walk alongside the One who caused even the dead wood of the Cross to blossom with flowers, then we must also imitate the Master's art and make the desolate earth grow green.” IfsMayArtWholeEarthChristianSpiritGrowsWalksCreationFlowerMastersOne DayExpectationsCrossesGreenFinalsWoodsTreasureParadiseAdamThievesHarvestGardenerDesolate Book:Inheriting Paradise: Meditations on Gardening Source: Inheriting Paradise: Meditations on Gardening
“I didn't cry at my father's funeral, and I felt guilty about that. Of course, he got sick not too long after he and I had had that final altercation, and I felt real guilty because of that, too. Then years later, one day, I was probably in my late twenties, early thirties, and I just broke down crying, because I finally got my father.” YearsLongRealCoursesFatherFeltCryOne DayLateSickTwentiesFinalsGuiltyBrokeFuneralLate Twenties Author:Billy Bob Thornton
“God will himself one day hold all humans, and all human governments, to account, but the church has the responsibility in the present to speak words of truth and judgment in advance of that final holding-to-account.” HumansGovernmentSpeakChurchResponsibilityOne DayJudgmentAccountsFinalsGods Will Author:N. T. Wright
“A chance, as a coach, to take a team to the World Cup finals is probably as high up the tree as it gets, certainly with one-day cricket.” WorldChanceTreeTeamOne DayFinalsCoachesCupsCricketWorld CupInspirational TeamCup Finals Author:Andy Pick
“I guess forgiveness, like happiness, isn’t a final destination. You don’t one day get there and get to stay.” One DayFinalsDestinationFinal Destination Book:The Fortunes of Indigo Skye Source: The Fortunes of Indigo Skye
“When you have dogs, you witness their uncomplaining acceptance of suffering, their bright desire to make the most of life in spite of the limitations of age and disease, their calm awareness of the approaching end when their final hours come. They accept death with a grace that I hope I will one day be brave enough to muster.” EndsEnoughAgeDesireSufferingHoursAcceptingGraceAwarenessDogAcceptanceOne DayDiseaseBraveFinalsCalmWitnessLimitationSpiteBe BraveMuster Author:Dean Koontz