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There are no easy answers, there's only living through the questions.
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What a pity every child couldn't learn to read under a willow tree...
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Elizabeth George Speare |
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After the keen still days of September, the October sun filled the world with mellow warmth...The maple tree in front of the doorstep burned like a gigantic red torch. The oaks along the roadway glowed yellow and bronze. The fields stretched like a carpet of jewels, emerald and topaz and garnet. Everywhere she walked the color shouted and sang around her...In October any wonderful unexpected thing might be possible.
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Elizabeth George Speare |
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All the way up the river she's been holding back somehow, waiting. Now you'll both have to wait. I'm not going to disappoint her, Kit. When I take you on board the Witch, it's going to be for keeps.
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Elizabeth George Speare |
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She snatched at the dream that had comforted her for so long. It was faded and thin, like a letter too often read.
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There is no escape if love is not there," Hannah had said. Had Hannah known when she herself had not even suspected? It was not escape that she had dreamed about, it was love."
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Elizabeth George Speare |
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He had never thought of himself as much of a praying man, but as he sat in the car in the growing darkness and the minutes passed, he knew what it was to pray. It was to will goodness out of evil, hope out of despair, life out of death. It was to will dreams into existence and spectres into reality. It was to will an end to anguish and a beginning to joy.
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Elizabeth George |
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I have no word of yours to assure me that our brief friendship held for you the same significance it held for me, but I must go on believing so. Every hope of the future is meaningless unless I have faith that you and I will share it together.
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future
hope
love
letter
together
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Elizabeth George Speare |
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Daniel, he said. I would have you follow me. Master!....I will fight for you to the end!. My loyal friend, he said, I would ask something much harder than that. Would you love for me to the end? ...I don't understand, he said again, You tell people about the kingdom. Are we not to fight for it? The kingdom is only bought at a great price, Jesus said. There was one who came just yesterday and wanted to follow me. He was very rich, and when I..
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Of all my children, you were always the hardest on yourself. You were always looking for the right way to behave, so concerned you might make a mistake. But, darling, there are no mistakes. There are only our wishes, our actions, and the consequences that follow both. There are only events, how we cope with them, and what we learn from the coping." "That's too easy," he said. "On the contrary. It's monumentally difficult."
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Elizabeth George |
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There is no escape if love is not there
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Elizabeth George Speare |
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Who would guess," he teased, "that I'd ever see you on a rooftop with straw in your hair?" Kit giggled. "Are you saying I've turned into a crow?" "Not exactly." His eyes were intensely blue with merriment. "I can still see the green feathers if I look hard enough. But they've done their best to make you into a sparrow, haven't they?"
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individuality
spirit
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Tis a strange thing, that the only friends I have I found in the same way, lying flat in the meadows, crying as if their hearts would break.
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Elizabeth George Speare |
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Everything in our lives," she said quietly, "leads to everything else in our lives. So a moment in the present has a reference point, both in the past and in the future. I want you to know that you--as you are right now and as you ever will be--are fully enough for this moment . . . " --
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So why do we worry? Why do we worry about food and clothing About finances and money? About security and the needs of life? We have Jehovah-Rohi! We have the Lord as our caring Shepherd. When fears regarding the cares of this world set in, we need to confidently lean on God's promise to care for us. Then we can declare to God, "Whenever I am afraid, I will trust in You" (Psalm 56:3)"
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spiritual-life
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Elizabeth George |
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From that first moment, in a way she could never explain, the Meadows claimed her and made her their own.
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Elizabeth George Speare |
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Remember to say what you mean, but don't say it meanly.
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lovely
words
spirit
faith
god
gentle
day
mean
quiet
nice
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Elizabeth George |
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The impression of strength came from an extraordinary vitality that seemed to pulse in the very air around him
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Elizabeth George Speare |
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She thought about how it was so simple with animals. They gave their hearts without question or fear. They had no expectations. They were so easy to love. If people could only be like that, no one would ever be hurt, she thought. No one would ever need to learn how to forgive.
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love
forgiveness
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Elizabeth George |
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the demons that make a person afraid are the hardest to cast out.
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fear
trust
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Elizabeth George Speare |
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Hannah's magic cure for every ill," he teased. "Blueberry cake and a kitten."
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Elizabeth George Speare |
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There was something irresistible about popcorn.
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Your choices and decisions are a reflection of how well you've set and followed your priorities.
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priorities
set
well
christian
reflection
decisions
choices
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How right- how incredibly, utterly right- and how impossible!
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Elizabeth George Speare |
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Your attitude toward others, work, and your daily life is a reflection of your attitude toward God.
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life
love
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reflection
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We can never know," Simon answered slowly. "God hides the future from man's eyes. We are forced to choose, not knowing. I have chosen Jesus."
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Elizabeth George Speare |
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When you cultivate a godly thought life your soul will shine and you will exhibit the presence of the Lord in you.
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Replace worry with prayer. Make the decision to pray whenever you catch yourself worrying.
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worry
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worrying
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Elizabeth George |
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Have you noticed her name?" Kit leaned sideways to see the letters painted jauntily on the transom. "The WITCH! How did you dare? Does Hannah know?" "Oh, she's not named after Hannah. I hadn't gone ten miles down the river that day before I knew I'd left the real witch behind."
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That lame man you saw-- is he grateful now? Is it worth it to get on his feet and spend the rest of his life dragging burdens like a mule? . . . It's not much of a world, is it? Is it worth trying to bring Leah back into it?" Thacia stood still in the road. "Oh, Daniel-- yes! If only I could make you see, somehow, that it is!" "All this--" she exclaimed, the sweep of her arm including the deepening blue of the sky, the shining lake in the d..
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God-confidence comes as the Holy Spirit works in us. As we pray and when we make choices that honor God, the Holy Spirit fills us with His power for ministry. When we are filled with God's goodness, we are confidently and effectively able to share His love and joy. As women of prayer open to the transforming touch of the Holy Spirit, we will find his divine life in us overflowing into the lives of others.
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Do you want to be safe from the influence, ways, and lusts of the world and the flesh (I John 2:16)? From the sins which so easily entangles us (Hebrews 12:1)? Then delight in yourself in the Lord, in His provision, in His Word. Faithfully feed on the things that possess true substance and real meaning. When you remember that "all Scripture is given by inspiration by God and is profitable" (2 Timothy 3:16) and partake of such divine substan..
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peace
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Elizabeth George |
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It's one thing to have a goal, but it's quite another thing to actually accept the challenge, develop a strategy to press for the goal, make the sacrifices, pay the price to move forward, and blessing of blessing, to realize some part of it.
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Work on what is real rather than worry about what is unreal.
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good, better, best, never let it rest, until your good is better, and your better best.
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Elizabeth George |
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The soul of a child is the loveliest flower that grows in the garden of God.
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Barbara wanted to go to tea at Dorchester as much as she wanted to give birth to octuplets.
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God will help you make the choices that guide you into His path for each stage and age of your life.
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love
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Elizabeth George |
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With God's help, your trial today is leading to your wholeness tomorrow.
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trials
trial
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today
tomorrow
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Elizabeth George |
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The Shepherd knows our path. And He also knows His sheep and what it takes to prepare us for the journey. And so the Shepherd makes us lie down to fortify us for the trek. He makes certain we won't tire, that we're not at risk because of weariness, that we're invigorated from our pasture-time for any strenuous climb. With His eye on tomorrow, He leads on today.
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Elizabeth George |
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With the help of the Lord, you can handle life's challenges and heartaches, even the valley of the shadow of death. What comfort your fainting heart has, knowing that in those stumbling times of discouragement and despair, of depletion and seeming defeat, the Shepherd will find you...restore and "fix" you...and follow you...until you are well on your way."
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spiritual-living
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Elizabeth George |
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Each day is God's gift of a fresh unspoiled opportunity to live according to His priorities.
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god
life
fresh
day
priorities
plan
christian
gift
purpose
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Elizabeth George |
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When I take you on board the Witch, it's going to be for keeps.
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Elizabeth George Speare |
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God is immutable--He never changes! His ministry to you is complete, on target, and constant!
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love
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