Often you’ve wondered why,
Tears come into your eyes,
And burdens seems to be
Much more than you can stand.
But God is standing near,
He sees your falling tears.
Tears are a language,
God understands.

When grief has left you low,
It causes tears to fall,
For things may not turn out
The way that you have planned.
But God won’t forsake you now,
His promises are true.
Tears are a language,
God understands.

God sees the tears,
Of a brokenhearted soul,
He sees the tears,
And hears them when they fall.
God weeps along with men,
And takes them by the hand.
Tears are a language,
God understands. 

Author Unknown

“An old Cherokee chief was teaching his grandson about life…
‘A fight is going on inside me,’ he said to the boy
‘it is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves.
One is evil – he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed,
arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies,
false pride, superiority, self-doubt, and ego.
The other is good – he is joy, peace, love, hope,
serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy,
generosity, truth, compassion and faith.
This same fight is going on inside you
and inside every other person, too.’
The grandson thought about it for a minute
and then asked his grandfather,
‘Which wolf will win?’
The old chief simply replied,
‘The one you feed.”
-Author Unknown

“Peace isn’t the destination.
Peace is the way.”
-Author Unknown

Holding a grudge is letting someone
live rent-free in your head.
-Author Unknown

“There comes a time in your life,
when you walk away from all the drama
and people who create it.
You surround yourself with people
who make you laugh.
Forget the bad, and focus on the good.
Love the people who treat you right.
pray for the ones who don’t.
Life is too short to be anything but happy.
Falling down is a part of life,
getting back up is living.”
Author Unknown

“Don’t let the world change your smile,
let your smile change the world.”
Author Unknown

“The reason why a dog has so many friends is that
he wags his tail instead of his tongue.”
-Author Unknown

“Anyone can count the seeds in an apple,
but no one can count the apples in a seed.”
-Author Unknown

“Until you commit your goals to paper,
you have intentions that are seed without soil.”
-Author Unknown

“Don’t wait for people to be kind,
show them how!”
-Author Unknown

Don’t look where you fall, but where you slipped.  African Proverb

Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.  Chinese Proverb

It is not the road ahead that wears you out –
It is the grain of sand in your shoe.  Arabian Proverb

If you scatter thorns, don’t go barefoot.  Italian Proverb

Whatever the mind of man can conceive, it can achieve.  Unknown Author

Never miss an opportunity to make others happy, even if you have to leave them alone in order to do it.  Author Unknown

Every day may not be good, but there’s something good in every day.  Author Unknown

Sometimes the best way to hold onto something is to let it go.  Author Unknown

Although we cannot change the direction of the wind, we can adjust our sails.   Author Unknown

He does not lead me year by year
But step by step my path unfolds
My Lord directs my way.
Tomorrow’s plans I do not know,
I only know this minute;
But He will say, “This is the way;
By faith now walk ye in it.”
And I am glad that it is so,
Today when tomorrow comes,
His grace shall far exceed its care.
What need to worry then or fret?
The God who gave His Son
Holds all my moments in His Hand
And give them one by one.

Author Unknown

You ask why I follow this Jesus?
Why I love Him the way I do?
When the world’s turned away from His teachings
And the people who serve Him are few.

It’s not the rewards I’m after
Or gifts that I hope to receive
It’s the Presence that calls for commitment
It’s the Spirit I trust and believe.

The Lord doesn’t shelter His faithful
Or spare them all suffering and pain
Like everyone else I have burdens,
And walk through my share and pain.

Yet He gives me a plan and a purpose,
And that joy only Christians have known,
I never know what comes tomorrow,
But I do know I’m never alone.

It’s the love always there when you need it;
It’s the words that redeem and inspire,
It’s the longing to ever be with Him
That burns in my heart like a fire.

So you ask why I love my Lord Jesus?
Well, friend, that’s so easy to see,
But the one thing that fills me with wonder is
Why Jesus love someone like me.

Author Unknown

To let go doesn’t mean to stop caring;
It means I can’t do it for someone else.
To let go is not to cut myself off…
It’s the realization that I can’t control another…
To let go is not to enable,
but to allow learning from natural consequences.
To let go is to admit powerlessness,
which means the outcome is not in my hands.
To let go is not to try and change or blame another,
I can only change myself.
To let go is not to care for, but to care about.
To let go is not to fix, but to be supportive.
To let go is not to judge,
but to allow another to be a human being.
To let go is not to be in the middle arranging all the outcomes,
but to allow others to affect their own outcomes.
To let go is not to be protective,
It is to permit another to face reality.
To let go is not to deny, but to accept.
To let go is not to nag, scold, or argue,
but to search out my own shortcomings and correct them.
To let go is not to adjust everything to my desires,
but to take each day as it comes and cherish the moment.
To let go is not to criticize and regulate anyone,
but to try to become what I dream I can be.
To let go is not to regret the past,
but to grow and live for the future.
To let go is to fear less and love more.

Unknown Author

If a child lives with criticism, he learns to condemn.

If a child live with hostility, he learns to fight.

If a child lives with ridicule, he learns to be shy.

If a child lives with shame, he learns to feel guilty.

If a child live with tolerance, he learns to be patient.

If a child lives with encouragement, he learns confidence.

If a child lives with praise, he learns to appreciate.

If a child lives with fairness, he learns justice.

If a child lives with security, he learns to have faith.

If a child lives with approval, he learns to like himself.

If a child lives with acceptance and friendship.

he learns to find love in the world.

Anonymous

Why do you look to others for what you need?

Didn’t I tell you I would supply your every need according to My riches in
Glory?

Didn’t you believe Me?

Then why do you continue to ask them to supply your needs?

You are My righteous one, you don’t have to beg them

The righteous will never be forsaken or have to beg

Yet you go to them, you continue to allow them to use you

They don’t know what you need. I do

What you are needing they can’t supply

Oh they may try, but they will only fail you

They will forsake you

Wait for Me to supply your needs

You’ve come too far to settle for just anything

I only want good and perfect for you

Let Me give you My best

Will you wait for Me?

I waited for you.

Author Unknown

Fear not that you might make a mistake in believing your dream.
Fear rather that if you don’t go for it
Your might stand before God and he’ll tell you
you could have succeeded had you had a little more faith.

Fear not that you might fall.
Fear rather that you will never succeed
if you never try and if you are unwilling to take risks.

Fear not that you might get hurt.
Fear rather that you will never grow
if you wait for painless success.

The old man said to the young man,
“Why not go out, on a limb,
After all isn’t that where the fruit is.”

Author Unknown

I am only a little sparrow!
A bird of low degree!
My life is of little value.
But the dear Lord cares for me
He gave me a coat of feathers
‘Tis very plain I know:
With never a speck of crimson
For it was not made for show.
But it keeps me warm in winter.
It shields me from the rain.
Were it bordered with gold and purple
Perhaps it would make me vain.

I have no barn or storehouse:
I never sow or reap:
God gives me a sparrow’s portion.
But never a seed to keep.
If my meat is sometimes scanty.
Close picking makes it sweet:
I have always enough to keep me.
And life is more than meat.
I know there are many sparrows:
All over the world they’re found:
But our heavenly Father knows
When one of us falls to the ground.

Though small, we are never forgotten-
Though weak we are never afraid.
For we know that the dear Lord keeps
The lives of the creatures He made.
I fly through the thickest forest,
I light on many a spray.
I have no chart or compass,
But I never lose my way.

Author Unknown