“Once in our world, a Stable had something in it that was bigger than our whole world.” ~C S Lewis “Look for yourself, and you will find in the long run only hatred, loneliness, despair, rage, ruin, and decay. But look for Christ, and you will find Him, and with Him everything else thrown in.”…

“But perfect peace isn’t dependent on circumstances; it comes from a steadfast heart trusting in God regardless of those circumstances.” ~Alan Vermilye, The Carols of Christmas: Daily Advent Devotions on Classic Christmas Carols

“Once in our world, a stable had something in it that was bigger than our whole world.” ~C. S. Lewis

“…we will stand amazed to see the topside of the tapestry and how God beautifully embroidered each circumstance into a pattern for our good and His glory.” ― Joni Eareckson Tada

“When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.” ~G. K. Chesterton

Today’s Wit & Wisdom is a bit different from our norm. This message from Sunday challenged me as it so applies to us. Wherever we are, whatever God brings, we need to are to serve Him and glorify Him. An example the pastor used was of a home-bound widow finding a way to serve God…

“Maybe the truly handicapped people are the ones that don’t need God as much.” ― Joni Eareckson Tada, The God I Love: A Lifetime of Walking with Jesus

“Extraordinary afflictions are not always the punishment of extraordinary sins, but sometimes the trial of extraordinary graces.” ~Matthew Henry

“Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire?” ~ Corrie Ten Boom  

“Let me ask you, who are the people who have most profoundly influenced your life? Those who have most profoundly influenced my life are without exception people who have suffered because it has been in that very suffering that God has refined the gold, tempered the steel, molded the pot, broken the bread and made…