ANOTHER belated Saturday Quote

This isn't exactly a quote, but it's good...

"Picture your flesh -- that old ego with the mentality of merit and craving for power and reputation and self-reliance -- picture it as a dragon living in some cave of your soul. Then you hear the gospel, and in it Jesus Christ comes to you and says, "I will make you mine and take possession of the cave and slay the dragon. Will you yield to my possession? It will mean a whole new way of thinking and feeling and acting." You say: "But that dragon is me. I will die." He says, "And you will rise to newness of life, for I will take its plan; I will make my mind and my will and my heart your own." You say, "What must I do?" He answers, "Trust me and do as I say. As long as you trust me we cannot lose." overcome by the beauty and power of Christ you bow and swear eternal loyalty and trust. And as you rise he puts a great sword in your hand and says, "Follow me." He leads you to the mouth of the cave and says, "Go in, slay the dragon." But you look at him bewildered, "I cannot. Not without you." He smiles. "Well said. You learn quickly. Never forget: my commands for you to do something are never commands to do it alone." Then you enter the cave together. A horrible battle follows and you feel Christ's hand on yours. At last the dragon lies limp. You ask, "Is it dead?" His answer is this: "I have come to give you new life. This you received when you yielded to my possession and swore faith and loyalty to me. And now with my Sword and my hand you have felled the dragon of the flesh. It is a mortal wound. It will die. That is certain. But it has not yet bled to death and it may yet revive with violent convulsions and do much harm. So you must treat it as dead and seal the cave as a tomb. The Lord of darkness may cause earthquakes in your soul to shake the stones loose but you build them up again. And have this confidence: with my sword and my hand on yours this dragon's doom is sure, he is finished, and your new life is secure." - John Piper

The Shockingly Belated Saturday Quote

"It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education." -Albert Einstein

"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt." -Mark Twain

"Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint." -Mark Twain

Brooke Anna

The Saturday Quote

"These are times in which a genius would wish to live. It is not in the still calm of life, nor in the repose of a pacific station, that great characters are formed. The habits of a vigorous mind are formed in contending with difficulties. Great necessities call our great virtues." -Abigail Adams

I love quotes! Oh, what beautiful jewels!

Brooke Anna

The Saturday Quote

Oh dear... I haven't posted anything since last Saturday.... but my conscience reminds me that it is for good reason. Here is this week's Saturday Quote. :)

"Lack of attention to one's personal finances is a mark of refinement" ~Lousia May Alcott

"A Christian is a perfectly free lord of all, subject to none. A Christian is a perfectly dutiful servent of all, subject to all" ~Martin Luther

The Saturday Quote

"Education: that which reveals to the wise, and conceals from the stupid, the vast limits of their knowledge" -Mark Twain

"There are many truths that one only learns in their fullness by proving the bitter bondage of the errors they contradict" -Elizabeth Charles

"There is nothing more beautiful in the eyes of God then a soul that loves to hear His Word" -Martin Luther

Brooke Anna

The Saturday Quote

"Adventures are funny things. They may creep out of holes, appear down a seldom trodden path, fall out of a tree, or even arrive in an envelope, but they always start the same way. Adventures always begin with the unexpected.... Adventures are funny things, and they always begin with the unexpected, but the best adventures of all are the ones that never end." -The Door Within, Book 1

"Adventures are funny things. Some streak down upon you like a storm. Others emerge only when many years have passed and something forgotten is revealed. They can be discovered upon a dusty bookshelf or even the yellowed pages of an ancient map. They promise great reward. But no adventure is without risk.... Adventures are funny things. They offer dark, uncertain times, forks in the road, and choices between comfort and peril. And in such times, heroes can be made or undone." -The Rise of the Wyrm Lord, Book 2

"Adventures are funny things. Many are merely happy accidents - a single spark that ignites an unexpected chain of events. But some adventures are meant for you and you alone. And whether you want them or not, they seek you out of a great crowd and take you somewhere you never thought you'd go. Often, these unlooked-for adventures require a sacrifice too great to imagine.... Adventures are funny things. They always begin with the unexpected, but they always end with the promise of adventures yet to come." -The Final Storm, Book 3

Brooke Anna

The Saturday Quote

"Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way." Jane Austen

"The government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it." Ronald Reagan

-Brooke

The Saturday Quote

"And therefore, though vicious times invert the opinions of things and set up a new ethics against virtue, yet hold thou unto old morality; and rather than follow a multitude to do evil, stand like Pompey's pillar, conspicuous by thyself and single in integrity. And, since no deluge of vice is like to be so general but more than eight will escape; eye well those heroes who have touched pitch, and not been defiled, and in the common contagion have remained uncorrupted." ~Sir Thomas Browne

The Saturday Quote

"The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'" ~Ronald Reagan