Tuesday, May 31, 2011



By perseverence the snail
reached the ark.

-Charles Spurgeon

Monday, May 30, 2011



Greater love hath no man than this,
that a man lay down his life for his
friends.

-John 15:13

Sunday, May 29, 2011



Let me fall into the hand of the Lord,
for his mercy is very great, but do not
let me fall into the hand of man.

-1 Chronicles 21:13

Saturday, May 28, 2011



A prudent question is one
half of wisdom.

-Sir Francis Bacon

Friday, May 27, 2011



You either got faith or you got
unbelief, and there ain't no
neutral ground.

-Bob Dylan

Thursday, May 26, 2011



When I get up in the morning, I think,
boy, only fourteen more hours and I
can be back asleep again.

-Anne Tyler

Wednesday, May 25, 2011



If you got a trumpet, get on your
feet, brother, and blow it!

-Nick Cave

Tuesday, May 24, 2011


Another very appealling pane of stamps has just been introduced in a sheet of 20 for $8.80.  Continuing the love theme that started in 1973 with an 8 cent stamp inspired by Robert Indiana's famous sculpture, the post office has commissioned this artwork entitled "Garden of Love" by award-winning illustrator Jose Ortega.  Why not brighten someone's mailbox by adorning your next card or letter with something interesting?

Monday, May 23, 2011



There is no finer investment
for any community than putting
milk into babies.

-Winston Churchill

Sunday, May 22, 2011

sam brown
And this is the testimony,
that God gave us eternal life,
and this life is in his Son.

1 John 5:11

Saturday, May 21, 2011


On George MacDonald:

From his own father, he first
learned that Fatherhood must
be at the core of the universe.

-C. S. Lewis 

Friday, May 20, 2011



A good neighbor doubles the
value of a house.

-German proverb

Thursday, May 19, 2011



The dead might as well try to speak
to the living as the old to the young.

-Willa Cather

Wednesday, May 18, 2011



Though I am not naturally honest,
I am so sometimes by chance.

-William Shakespeare

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

paul klee

You live and learn.  At any rate
you live.

-Douglas Adams

Monday, May 16, 2011



All the people at this party,
they've got a lot of style.

-Joni Mitchell

Sunday, May 15, 2011



Nobody ever outgrows Scripture. 
The book widens and deepens
with our years.

-Charles Spurgeon

Saturday, May 14, 2011



I am a deeply superficial
person.

-Andy Warhol

Friday, May 13, 2011



What we anticipate seldom occurs;
what we least expected generally
happens.

-Benjamin Disraeli

Thursday, May 12, 2011



Get men converted, and a
thousand foolish ideas are
destroyed.

-Charles Spurgeon

Wednesday, May 11, 2011



I don't generally feel anything until
noon, then it's time for my nap.

-Bob Hope

Tuesday, May 10, 2011



Sometimes life seems like a
dream, especially when i look
down and see that I forgot to
put on my pants.

-Jack Handey

Monday, May 09, 2011


Brevity is the charm of eloquence.

-Cicero

Sunday, May 08, 2011


Her children rise up and call her blessed;
her husband also, and he praises her:
"Many daughters have done nobly,
but you surpass them all."
-Proverbs 31:28-29

Saturday, May 07, 2011




You don't really learn much
from the good things that
happen to you.

-Cormac McCarthy

Friday, May 06, 2011


We make ourselves rich by
making our wants few.

-Henry David Thoreau

Thursday, May 05, 2011



Luxury must be comfortable,
otherwise it is not luxury.

-Coco Chanel

Wednesday, May 04, 2011



Always read stuff that will make you look
good if you die in the middle of it.

-P. J. O'Rourke

Tuesday, May 03, 2011



Storms make oaks take deeper root.

-George Herbert

Monday, May 02, 2011



When it goes well with the righteous,
the city rejoices, and when the wicked
perish there are shouts of gladness.


-Proverbs 11:10

Wedding Figures

average cost of an engagement ring
$5392
average amount spent on a wedding dress
$1099
average cost of a wedding
$26,984

-The Knot Inc.

Sunday, May 01, 2011



Aspire to live quietly, and to
mind your own affairs, and
to work with your hands.

-1 Thessalonians 4:11