Wednesday Wisdom No. 30

"The midsummer sun shines but dim, the fields strive in vain to look gay; but when I am happy in Him December's as pleasant as May." ~ John Newton

Wednesday Wisdom No. 29

"Excellence requires caring about someone or something enough to invest time, effort, and skill into it, with God's glory and our neighbor's good as the goal.  Biblically defined, true excellence has others in mind―first God, and then our neighbor.  'So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God' (1 Cor. 10:31).  Eating and drinking are fairly common aspects of daily life, and yet even ordinary meals become significant when they draw our attention once again to glorifying and enjoying the God who provides them.” 

~ Michael Horton, Ordinary: Sustainable Faith in a Radical, Restless World

Wednesday Wisdom No. 28

"Do you feel alone today?  Are there ways in which you feel alienated and unloved?  Do you feel misrepresented or misunderstood?  Do you feel passed by and taken for granted?  Do you feel broken and in need of repair?  Do you struggle to find reasons to continue?  Do you wonder if it’s worth it?  Does it seem that there’s no one to share your heart with?  Do you sometimes wonder whether anyone cares?  When the waves of loneliness and discouragement roll over you, where do you run, where do you hide? ...Yes, life can be very hard, people can be very cruel, and there are times when you are left alone, but you are never completely alone because your Father is with you in tender restorative love." ~ Paul Tripp, New Morning Mercies

Wednesday Wisdom No. 27

“Father, make of me a crisis man. Bring those I contact to decision. Let me not be a milepost on a single road; make me a fork, that men must turn one way or another on facing Christ in me.”
~ Jim Elliot

Wednesday Wisdom No. 26

"Look at that sea, girls---all silver and shadow and vision of things not seen.  We couldn't enjoy its loveliness any more if we had millions of dollars and ropes of diamonds."
~ L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables 

Wednesday Wisdom No. 25

“Every time we listen to a sermon, the devil will whisper in our ear: ‘That was good stuff.  Why not do something about it tomorrow?’  And we instinctively want to agree, because tomorrow never comes… ‘Respond to the preaching tomorrow, respond to the preaching yesterday, but never respond today.’  And if we listen to him, we will never respond.” 

~ Christopher Ash, Listen Up! A Practical Guide to Listening to Sermons

Wednesday Wisdom No. 24

“Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.” ~ Victor Hugo, Les Misérables