Category: Quote

Quote – Spring Hopes

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A big snowstorm might be headed for my Mid-Atlantic state of New Jersey. I love snow, in fact, we have a few inches on the ground now. I can look out my second-story window as I write this, and see a coating of white on all the outdoor birdhouses and roofs.

I found a photo of a rose arrangement from my garden in the archives. The soft pinks lifted my spirits; I remembered a captivating quote from a poem I especially love and combined the two. I’ve included the poem, written by Oliver Hereford (1863-1935). I want to take a few moments today and look up a few additional poems he wrote. He seems to capture the shared hopes of those who long for Spring.

I heard a bird sing
In the dark of December.
A magical thing
And sweet to remember.

“We are nearer to Spring
Than we were in September,”
I heard a bird sing
In the dark of December.

~Oliver Hereford

Quote – Matthew Henry/Evidence

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Matthew Henry (1662—1714) was an English Presbyterian minister and Bible expositor best remembered for his Commentary on the Whole Bible, a verse-by-verse, devotional commentary spanning every book in Scripture. His biblical exegesis profoundly influenced British revival leaders like John and Charles Wesley and George Whitefield and, consequently, evangelical churches throughout the world. GotQuestions.org

Quote – Wisdom Wednesday/Ralph Waldo Emerson

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I have read and used many quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson, but this one was new to me. It is excellent; I wish I had read it and took it to heart decades ago. It is a perfect quote for Wisdom Wednesday.

I need to apply it to my life and, even more importantly, remember to do the same for others when their blunders and absurdities target me or someone I love.

Quote & Phlower – Poinsettia

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Who can add to Christmas? The perfect motive is that God so loved the world. The perfect gift is that He gave His only Son. The only requirement is to believe in Him. The reward of faith is that you shall have everlasting life. ~Corrie Ten Boom

This beautiful poinsettia is part of Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge.

Quote – Living Creatures

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All created things are living in the Hand of God. 

The senses see only the action of the creatures; 

but faith sees in everything the action of God.

Jean-Pierre de Caussade

Quote – Thomas Merton

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 The devil is no fool. He can get people feeling about heaven the way they ought to feel about hell. He can make them fear the means of grace the way they do not fear sin. And he does so, not by light but by obscurity, not by realities but by shadows; not by clarity and substance, but by dreams and the creatures of psychosis. And men are so poor in intellect that a few cold chills down their spine will be enough to keep them from ever finding out the truth about anything.   ~Thomas Merton

Quote – Placed Purposefully/Elisabeth Elliot

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Elisabeth Elliot (December 21, 1926 – June 15, 2015) was a Christian missionary, author, and speaker. 

Quote – Government Wisdom

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So very true…

I can travel far, maybe wide, but sometimes the best inspiration is in my neighborhood. This beautiful hawk seemed to pose for a photograph.

Millicent Fenwick was a member for four terms in the US House of Representatives. (New Jersey)