What Will They Say?

"...if Abraham Lincoln was right, I’ve got a lot more than dishes and toilets to live up to.

"All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother," Honest Abe said.

So I wonder: what will my sons say about me someday?

Will they call me an angel?

Or will they ask the angels why they got stuck with me?

Will they say I helped them be who they hoped to be?

Or will they just hope they don’t resemble me?

- An excerpt from The Non-Profit Trepidation of Mother's Day by Amy Sorrells on her Self-Titled blog (be sure to go read the rest of this fabulous post)

Faith Is Not Irrational

"A lot of people have the wrong idea about what faith is. I’ve heard people say that faith is an irrational commitment to beliefs despite evidence to the contrary. I’ve heard others say that faith is like a blind leap into darkness. That’s not faith; that’s stupidity. Faith is actually the opposite. You could describe faith as a leap out of darkness back into the light. Faith is not irrational. It’s based upon coherent and consistent reasoning."

- An excerpt from Overcoming the Mountain of the Unknown by Kevin on his blog Shooting the Breeze

Never Assume There Will Be A Tomorrow

"Our time on this earth is numbered, and we never know when we’ll take out last breath. Never assume there will be a tomorrow or take a loved one for granted. Count your blessings often and enjoy every second with your family… even on the days when it isn’t easy."

An excerpt from One Word at a Time... Mom by Bridget on her blog One Word at a Time

Times For Letting Go

"But there are times for letting go, too. Times when holding on means to neither live nor die, but merely to roam. Our perseverance and tenacity can become twisted into something it was never meant to be, leaving us bitter instead of strengthened and a mere specter instead of a person."

- An excerpt from Letting Go by Billy Coffey guest-posting on Hey Look, A Chicken!

Are You Living The Best God Has For You?

"Flats, blowouts, disappointments, hurts, failures, and all the like are part of life, but sometimes we mistake the ability to get going again as a healing. We’re not reaching our potential. We aren’t living the best that God has for us, and it’s all because we need something more than a temporary fix or a band-aid."

- An excerpt from Whoa! Living on a Spare by Jason on his blog Connecting to Impact