There are only two kinds of people - those who say “Thy will be done” to God or those to whom God in the end says, “Thy will be done”.
-C.S. Lewis
God’s grace does not come to people who morally outperform others, but to those who admit their failure to perform and who acknowledge their need for a Savior.
The Reason For God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism, Timothy Keller
“It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly … who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a WORTHY CAUSE, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.” -Teddy Roosevelt
Caysie and I were teaching, serving, and making some new friends at a Christian conference for international students called Mosaic EC over the Thanksgiving holiday. :-)
Enjoyin’ time with some of our friends from our grad student small group @ the Floyd Country Store :-)
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“They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles.All the believers were together and had everything in common.They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need.Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts,praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.” Acts 2:42-47 (NIV)
Having dinner with our Chinese friends Qingsheng and Suzy :-)
It’s official folks :-)
