World Peace

What can you do to promote world peace? Go home & love your family.~Mother Theresa

True beauty...

"To possess true beauty, we must be willing to suffer... Yet, if Christ himself was perfected through his sufferings, why would I believe God would not do the same with me? Women who are stunningly beautiful are women who have had their hearts enlarged by suffering. By saying, "Yes" when the world says, "No." By paying the high price of loving truly and honestly without demanding that they be loved in return. And by refusing to numb their pain in the myriad of ways available. They have come to know that when Everyone and Everything has failed them, God is there. They have learned, along with David, that those who go through the desolate valley will find it a place of springs (Ps. 84:6)"

--P.143, "Captivating" Eldredge

HOPE

Job 11:18

"Having HOPE will give you courage. You will be protected and will rest in safety"

Dream...

 

‎"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."

Mark Twain

Pictures-Last Seniors

Jason's very last group of seniors performing before his retirement....we are gonna miss this!

See yourself....

Expectation!!

Possible

"I don't need easy, I need possible."

Bethany Hamilton

from Soul Surfer

Fear

Our greatest fear should not be of failure, but at succeeding at things in life that don’t really matter at all.

~Francis Chan

GIVE...

No Pessimists

No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, sailed to uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.

-Helen Keller

Stretching

"To experience God's blessings in a new way, you have to be willing to leave your comfort zone...

because when you are no longer being stretched~ you begin to shrink."

Thoughts

If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought."

-- Peace Pilgrim --

Whisper a Wish

Motherhood

"Motherhood does not require complete perfection and a Superman cape.

It simply requires an imperfect commitment and the surprising humility of Christ."
~Ann Voskamp

Relationships cost.
It’s not that you aren’t going to blow it. It is what you do with it, when you do.

this echoed my heart tonite....read more at:
 http://www.aholyexperience.com/2012/05/for-the-mother-who-fears-failure/

Be You...

Focus

You get more of whatever you focus on. To create change in your life, change what you're focusing on.

 -Tony Robbins

Happy 6th Birthday GPS!

Happy happy birthday number 6 to our amazingly onery and sweet lil Gabe the Babe!

Monkey Business

BabyMonkey demonstrates to us what exactly she is capable of in breakfast duties.....

Faith

"Faith is believing with your head no matter how your heart feels."

~Beth Moore

One More Time...

“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” 

~Thomas Edison

Ephesians 2:8-9

Pictures-Circus Part2