“One day soon you will hear that I am dead. Do not believe it. I will then be alive as never before”–American evangelist Dwight L. Moody near the end of his life.

“This is the end, but for me it is the beginning of life”–Dietrich Bonhoeffer shortly before he was executed by the Nazis.

“Contentment is found neither in the marketplace nor the family alone. It’s found when we align our priorities with his as it relates to both areas of responsibility. There’s nothing honoring to God about the workaholic who neglects his or her family. But the man or woman who refuses to provide for the family brings no honor to him either. Clearly we don’t have the luxury of choosing one or the other, since both are a permanent part of our lives. Both demand more attention than we have to give. Both originated with our Creator”–Andy Stanley, When Work and Family Collide: Keeping Your Job from Cheating Your Family.

“We may derive profit from the pain we experience. Pain is something we should take for granted. It belongs in life in general which comes alike to Christians and non-Christians. Pain is something that does not last. When we look back on most of the pain that comes into our lives, we are amazed at what a relatively small segment of our lives it constituted. Even if you take it at its worst, which may continue to go on and on even to death, from God’s point of view, it is still a little while. That pain of yours is only temporal, it belongs only to this world and to mortal life. The glory is eternal. But pain is something that should not be wasted. It can be turned to good. Use it”–Reg Dunlap.

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