in no particular order...
"bracelets don't make you pretty, God makes you pretty." (because of caroline)
"sometimes God speaks to us through our heads without using a voice you can hear - just like we sometimes speak to Him without using our voice." (because of eli)
what if the world naturally lent itself to order instead of chaos - would people fight "neat and clean" the way some fight clutter and mess?
if easter really is the most important celebration for believers, why is there one tupperware container that gets pulled out the week or so before easter compared to the 4 that get pulled out a month in advance for christmas (and that's just in our house...i think you could multiply that by alot to get the "norm")? simply by the amount of stuff and the time of celebration, the cash family is saying that christmas is 4x's more important than easter. a very classic example of actions speaking louder than words. i wonder if easter will increase in commercialism...so that eventually America will be doing for "easter" what America is currently doing for Christmas (all the while Christmas will continue to "increase"). it makes me sad to see pictures of the "perfect Christmas" -- the tree with alllll the presents - presents that we do not need. likewise with birthdays where children get piles upon piles of presents. how i long to be content with what i have...i long to have children who are content with what they have...may we somehow grasp how very rich we are. our stomachs are full. our fridges are full. our pantries are full. our closets are full. our shelves are full. we have so very much...so much to be thankful for...so much to be grateful for...we are so well provided for. yet we still find things to complain about...and still have a list of things we need to get. God! i'm so sorry! may my eyes be fixed on things above and not on earthly things.
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