"My Lord God,
I have no idea where I am going.
I do not see the road ahead of me
Nor do I really know myself,
And the fact that I think I am following your will
Does not mean that I am actually doing so.

But I believe that the desire to please you
Does in fact please you.
And I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire.
And I know that if I do this,
You will lead me by the right road
Though I may know nothing about it.

Therefore will I trust you always though,
I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death.
I will not fear, for you are ever with me,
And you will never leave me to face my struggles alone."

~Prayer of Thomas Merton

"Being in a hurry. Getting to the next thing without fully entering the thing in front of me. I cannot think of a single advantage I’ve ever gained from being in a hurry. But a thousand broken and missed things, tens of thousands, lie in the wake of all the rushing. Through all that haste, I thought I was making up time. It turns out I was throwing it away.”

- Mark Buchanan

Crossing Over Our Jordon River

"We don't know when God will get us over the river. We don’t know how God will dry the riverbed and allow us to cross. But we do know, by faith, that he will act on our behalf. And while we wait, we remember.

We remember our Red Seas, the places where God has parted the waters for us, the impossible places where God came through and the Enemy was defeated.

We remember who brought us through.

We remember whose we are. We belong to Christ!

We remember that God’s delays are not delays of inactivity, but of preparation. He delays, but he does not deny. While we wait He prepares us for His answer according to His perfect, preordained plan.

We remember and link up with like-minded, stronger people who are going in the same direction. We cant afford to attempt the waters of Jordan alone.

We remember to tell our children, and our children’s children that they may see the mighty hand of God and take courage for the rivers they will have to cross. They piggyback on our faith when we share the stories of God’s mighty acts in our lives.

We remember to offer encouragement for our friends who walk beside us along the way."

I found this quote over at Especially Heather.  It appears to be from the book Stones of Remembrance.  I'm going to have to go get that book!

"May your home always be too small to hold all of your friends."

~Irish Blessing

"Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others.  If you have that awareness, you have good manners no matter what fork you use."  ~Emily Post

 "In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock." ~Thomas Jefferson

"Good order is the foundation of all good things." ~Edmund Burke

"An apology is a great way to get the last word." ~Author Unknown

Our heavenly Father has a thousand ways to provide for us of which we know nothing. Those who accept the one principle of making the service of God supreme will find perplexities vanish and a plain path before their feet.

Often our plans fail that God's plans for us may succeed.

Know and believe the love that God has [for] us, and you are secure; that love is a fortress impregnable to all the delusions and assaults of Satan.

~Ellen G. White

"Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?"
~Abraham Lincoln

"Cherish all your happy moments: they make a fine cushion for old age." ~Christopher Morley

"A goal without a plan is just a wish."  ~Antoine de Saint-Exupery