"When I was a kid, my mom once told me that God was an artist and how on occasion Heâ€™d throw a bucketful of paint across the sky for us all to see. I asked her why the paint disappeared by morning, and she told me that if the sky was always like that we might take it for granted. I suppose she was right. Maybe thatâ€™s what war is all aboutâ€”so we can appreciate times of peace."

-- Kristina McMorris

#Mom Quotes #Morning Quotes #War Quotes

“Isaiah 55 provides an entirely different framework for thinking about God's justice, because it suggests that we have it backward - the mystery lies not in God's unfathomable wrath but in his unfathomable mercy. God's ways are higher than our ways because his capacity to love is infinitely greater than our own. Despite all that we do to alienate ourselves from God, all that we do to insult and disobey, God abundantly pardons again and again.”
“Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it.”
“Each work of art is a collection of signs invented during the picture's execution to suit the needs of their position. Taken out of the composition for which they were created, these signs have no further use.”
“I used to bring my sketchbook to gym class and doodle, because I am a very uncoordinated athlete.”
“When I walked to school in the mornings I would start out alone but would pick up four other boys along the way. We would set out together after school across the village green.”
“No More Avengers! There's nothing new to get out of it - I want to go forward, not backward.”
“The rank of office is not what makes someone a leader. Leadership is the choice to serve others with or without any formal rank.”
“I don't really read too much. It really is counter to my energy. I can't sit down and concentrate on words.”

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