inspire

2003-08-26T02:27:00.000-07:00

Don't keep your dreams bottled up by just wishing for them to come true.

2003-08-26T02:26:00.001-07:00

Dear Lord, help me to remember there is no distance between my heart and you. You are aware of all my hopes and dreams. Lord, like a kaleidoscope of balloons, I release each one to Your care. For only through You will my hopes and dreams soar to heavenly heights. Amen.

2003-08-26T02:26:00.000-07:00

No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see the possibilities... they're always there.

2003-08-26T02:25:00.001-07:00

If your SAD, Don't think BAD. Just look ABOVE, And pray to GOD.

2003-08-26T02:25:00.000-07:00

If I could give you one thing I would wish for you, the ability to see yourself as others see you, then you would realize what a truly special person you are!

2003-08-26T02:24:00.000-07:00

A mistake is painful regardless of how you try to sugarcoat it. It would depend on the kind of mistake you committed to determine what lesson you've learned, and it depends on the amount of pain you've endured or inflicted to determine how well you've learned your lessons.

2003-08-26T02:23:00.001-07:00

A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.

2003-08-26T02:23:00.000-07:00

When we take our prayer requests to God and then continue to worry, it is as if we are saying, “Thanks so much for stopping to listen to me, but I’m not sure you can help.”

2003-08-26T02:22:00.001-07:00

I'll Be There

When you wake up each morning and you feel like calling, I'll be there for you
When the world seems uncertain and you can't stop the hurting, I'll be there for you
When there's no one beside you, I'll be there to guide you
Catch you each time you fall
When the stars won't shine anymore
I'll be there

When the world is unkind
And your dreams they need more time
I'll be there for you
If the rules they keep breaking and the future is fading, I'll be there for you
The rainbow will end at the palm of your hand
When the stars won't shine anymore
Ill be there

Who knows where we'll go
What will tommorrow bring?
But we have each other
Just hold on tight
We can take to the skies and fly...

The rainbow will end at the palm of your hand
Don't ever let it go
When the stars won't shine anymore..
I'll be there..

2003-08-26T02:22:00.000-07:00

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not! Remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for!

2003-08-26T02:21:00.000-07:00

When the challenges start hitting you at a faster pace, it means you're getting closer. Keep going. Persist through it all and create something of true and lasting value.

2003-08-26T02:20:00.000-07:00

Sunset's Silent Struggle
By Eilyn Balmes
YOU Contributor

I watched the quiet sunset springs.
Alone now, emptiness wraps my heart.
Where did the time go?
What have I done with my life?

Tasting the bitter sweetness of regret,
I wasted all the good years of my life.
Giving up a hundred dreams to serve my family,
Believing that somehow I would be rewarded...someday.

Streams of bitter tears flow freely,
All the pain of silent struggle,
All the years of silent surrender,
Carrying their burden, easing their pain.

As the sun embraces the ocean waves,
Came the realization of the truth.
Love knows no regret!
Love needs no reward!

Warmth embraces my heart,
Erasing all bitterness and pain.
My time was never wasted,
I did it all for love!

2003-08-26T02:19:00.001-07:00

Worrying does not empty tomorrow of it's troubles, it empties today of it's strength!

2003-08-26T02:19:00.000-07:00

For those who are undergoing difficult times and want to give up, learn again how a precious pearl is formed. In the life of a clam, a grain of sand comes in and causes much pain and irritation. But instead of breaking up or giving up, the clam continues to envelope that grain of sand with so much patience and perseverance, until after some time the very same irritating painful grain of sand has become a precious, precious pearl!

Do you have problems or irritants in your life right now? Remember that they are potential pearls!

2003-08-26T02:18:00.000-07:00

I have never seen the righteous forsaken nor their children begging bread.

2003-08-26T02:17:00.000-07:00

Reach for the sky because if you should happen to miss, you'll still be among the stars.

2003-08-26T02:16:00.000-07:00

Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave.

--- Mary Tyler Moore

2003-08-26T02:15:00.000-07:00

My Lord, God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think that I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing so. But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you. and I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire. And I know that if I do this you will lead me by the right road though I may know nothing about it. Therefore will I trust you always though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death. I will not fear, for you are ever with me, and you will never leave me to face my perils alone.

---Thomas Merton

2003-08-26T02:14:00.001-07:00

Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news.
The good news is that you don't know how great you can be!
How much you can love! What you can accomplish!
And what your potential is!

--- Anne Frank

2003-08-26T02:14:00.000-07:00

The love of the Father is like a sudden rain shower
that will pour forth when you least expect it,
catching you up into wonder and praise.

--Richard J. Foster

2003-08-26T02:13:00.000-07:00

The lessons I picked up on my journey have not been forgotten. Things do not always come out the way we want it-that is the reality. No matter how hard we try, no matter where we go and no matter who we are with, some things are bound to happen, whether we want them or not. God works in mysterious ways. I know that this is His way of teaching me the simple things in life.

The wound has not yet healed and the pain is not yet gone. I know that it will take a while. But I am moving on.

2003-08-26T02:12:00.001-07:00

I can make it through the rain
I can stand up once again on my own and I know that I’m strong enough to mend
And every time I feel afraid
I hold tighter to my faith and I live one more day and I make it through the rain

2003-08-26T02:12:00.000-07:00

In Time, it isn't the things you do, but the things you leave undone, which give you a heartache at the setting of the sun.

2003-08-26T02:11:00.000-07:00

God gives us dreams when we are asleep... and gives us each new day a chance to fulfill those dreams.

2003-08-26T02:10:00.001-07:00

Don't fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things. The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions: could have, might have, and should have.

--- Louis E. Boone

2003-08-26T02:10:00.000-07:00

Have no anxiety at all, but in everything, by prayer and petition, and with thanksgiving, make your requests known to God. Then the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. (Philippians 6:7)

2003-08-26T02:09:00.000-07:00

Don't let your mind imagine something awful that hasn't happened yet.

2003-08-26T02:08:00.000-07:00

I am only one, but still I am one. I can not do everything, but still I can do something. And because I can not do everything. I will not refuse to do something I can do.

--- Edward Everett Hale

2003-08-26T02:06:00.000-07:00

For our present troubles are quite small and won't last very long.
Yet they produce for us an immeasurably great glory that will last
forever! So we don't look at the troubles we can see right now; rather we
look forward to what we have not yet seen. For the troubles we see will
soon be over, but the joys to come will last forever. (2 Corinthians 4:17,18)