A Paradox

"I have found the paradox that if I love until it hurts, then there is no hurt, but only more love." ~ Mother Teresa

Be Joyfully Generous

Even if all we have is a little, the Lord desires us to be joyfully generous, so that He will have for His church an abundance for every good work. Let us not be selfish or deceived by money. In a real sense, money is not a blessing; it's a test. ~ Francis Frangipane

Begin...

"Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin." ~ Mother Teresa

Which Way?

"If you are looking for the way by which you should go, take Christ, for he is himself the way." ~ Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)

Surrender Finances

"When we surrender every area of our lives-- including our finances--to God, then we are free to trust Him to meet our needs. But if we would rather hold tightly to those things that we possess, then we find ourselves in bondage to those very things." ~ Larry Burkett

God Moves...

"Know that even when you are in the kitchen, our Lord moves among the pots and pans. ~ Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)

Are You a Flint, Sponge or Honeycomb?

"Givers can be divided into three types: the flint, the sponge and the honeycomb. Some givers are like a piece of flint - to get anything out of it you must hammer it, and even then you only get chips and sparks. Other are like a sponge - to get anything out of a sponge you must squeeze it and squeeze it hard, because the more you squeeze a sponge, the more you get. But others are like a honeycomb - which just overflows with its own sweetness. That is how God gives to us, and it is how we should give in turn." ~ Anonymous

...the day of salvation...

"Today is the day of salvation for the world... Christ is risen from the dead: arise with him. Christ returns to himself: you also must return to him. Christ has come forth from the tomb: free yourselves from the fetters of evil. The gates of hell are open and the power of death is destroyed. The old Adam is superseded, the new perfected. In Christ a new creation is coming to birth: renew yourselves." ~ Gregory Nazianzen

Impossible for God?

"What is impossible to God? Not that which is difficult to his power, but that which is contrary to his nature." ~ Ambrose (340-397)

Receiving Vs. Giving

"What makes the Dead Sea dead? It is all the time receiving and never giving out." ~ Anonymous

Give Willingly

"I like to give willingly; when I give willingly, I enjoy it so much I give again." ~ Anonymous

A Commission

"If a commission by an earthly king is considered a honour, how can a commission by a Heavenly King be considered a sacrifice?" ~ David Livingstone

Tightrope Between Heaven and Earth

‎"We pilgrims walk the tightrope between earth and heaven, feeling trapped in time, yet with eternity beating in our hearts. Our unsatisfied sense of exile is not to be solved or fixed while here on earth. Our pain and longings make sure we will never be content, but that’s good: it is to our benefit that we do not grow comfortable in a world destined for decay." ` Joni Eareckson Tada

Saintly Madness

‎"I pray that the Lord might crown this year with His goodness, and in the coming one, give you a hallowed, dare-devil spirit in lifting the biting sword of Truth, consuming you with a passion that is called by the cultured citizen of Christendom 'fanaticism', but known to God as that saintly madness that led His Son through bloody sweat and hot tears to agony on a rude cross - and then glory." ~ Jim Elliot