“I can’t pass a bookstore without slipping inside, looking for the next book that will burn my hand when I touch its jacket, or hand me over a promissory note of such immense power that it contains the formula that will change everything about me.” ― Pat Conroy, My Reading Life
Do you have a favorite bookstore?
Betsy and Laurie
Aslan, The Greatest Lion (Photo credit: peasap)
1. “But every year you grow, you will find me bigger.”
2. “If you had felt yourself sufficient, it would have been a proof that you were not…”
3. “You would not have called to me unless I had been calling to you,”
4. “Narnia, Narnia, Narnia, awake. Love. Think. Speak. Be walking trees. Be talking beasts. Be divine waters.”
5. “There is no other stream,”
6. “My country was made for noble hearts such as yours.”
7. “But I will not tell you how long or short the way will be; only that it lies across a river. But do not fear that, for I am the great Bridge Builder.”
8. “Things never happen the same way twice, dear one.”
9. “Dearest daughter, I knew you would not be long in coming to me. Joy shall be yours.”
10. “Are you not thirsty?”
From The Chronicles of Narnia – C.S. Lewis
Do you have other favorites?
Betsy and Laurie
Quietly, in bedrooms and armchairs across the world a force of power unknown and unseen is unleashed, changing the course of the world: the prayers of faithful women and men for children.
Untold numbers of mothers, fathers, grandmothers, grandfathers, aunts, uncles and people of faith lift up prayers. We do not know how many soldiers have returned home to spouses and loved one because of these prayers. We will never be able to count the good choices made and bad choices avoided. How many have been healed? How many have avoided disaster? How many lives have grown in faith through the quiet prayers of others.
Join us for twelve weeks of prayer from Psalm 23. Sign up here to receive the weekly email devotional message with a prayer for you to pray for a loved one.
Betsy and Laurie
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Anne Frank (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
1. “Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness.”
2. “A quiet conscience makes one strong!”
3. “Those who have courage and faith shall never perish in misery”
4. “Memories mean more to me than dresses.”
5. “I don’t think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains.”
6. “Where there’s hope, there’s life. It fills us with fresh courage and makes us strong again.”
7. “In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit.”
8. “No one has ever become poor by giving.”
9. “Because paper has more patience than people. ”
10. “Whoever is happy will make others happy.”
Do you have other favorites?
Betsy and Laurie
Happy Mothers Day (Photo credit: godserv)
A good fictional mom is hard to find. Here are our top eight. Can you guess who they are? We included a quote to help you.
1. Loving mother who teaches her son well and sacrifices her life for him when danger comes. She remains unnamed in the story.
“Where one thing falls, another grows. Maybe not what was there before, but something wonderful just the same.”
2. Crusty adoptive mom who lives with her brother and takes in a young girl after hoping to take in a boy to help with the farm.
“Anne Shirley, I wouldn’t trade you for a dozen boys.”
3. Single mom writer who sacrifices her life for her babies leaving them in the care of a humble pig.
”It’s true, and I have to say what’s true.”
4. Nameless mom who crawls in her adult son’s bedroom window to rock him to sleep.
“I’ll love you forever, I’ll like you for always, as long as I’m living, my baby you’ll be.”
5. Loving mother and wife who loves her family and quilting and gardening. Sets a good example in prayer and love.
“When the TV is on all day without rest, Mama knows it’s too much, and Mama knows best.”
6. Tough woman who loves her husband and children while struggling to live the hard life on the prairie.
“This earthly life is a battle. If it isn’t one thing to contend with, it’s another. It always has been so, and it always will be. The sooner you make up your mind to that, the better off you are, and the more thankful for your pleasures.”
7. A devout woman who raises spiritual children with encouragement and love.
“Climb every mountain, ford every stream, follow every rainbow, till you find your dream.”
8. A strong, faithful mother raising four daughters while her husband is off at war.
“Our burdens are here, our road is before us, and the longing for goodness and happiness is the guide that leads us through many troubles and mistakes to the peace which is a true Celestial City.”
Did you get them all? Are there more?
Happy Mother’s Day to all mothers: biological, adoptive, and spiritual,
Betsy and Laurie
