Mondays are for Grace

"Trusting God means that in spite of our questions, doubts, and fears 

we draw on his grace and continue to believe that he is loving, 

that he is in control, and that he is always working for our good."

-- Ken Sande

Mondays are for Grace

"Strong memories of God's faithfulness and provision in the past become the fuel 

for strong faith in present times of hardship and distress."

-- adapted from "And It Was Beautiful" by Kara Tippetts

Mondays are for Grace

"The cross you've been given is always God's kindest decision. 

The cross you carry -- is carrying you toward who you are meant to be."

-- Ann Voskamp

Mondays are for Grace

"We are weary because we forget about grace. 

We act as though God's showing up is the miracle. But guess what? 

God's showing up is the given. 

Grace is a fact."

-- Sarah Mackenzie in "Teaching From Rest"

Mondays are for Grace

"Love is not affectionate feeling, 

but a steady wish for the loved person's ultimate good 

as far as it can be obtained."

-- C. S. Lewis

Mondays are for Grace

"Grace means that all of your mistakes now serve a purpose instead of serving shame."

-- Author Unknown

Mondays are for Grace

"Simplicity is never a matter of circumstances;

Simplicity is always a matter of focus."

-- Ann Voskamp

Mondays are for Grace

True contentment is the power of getting out of any situation

all that there is in it."

-- G. K. Chesterton

Mondays are for Grace

"Live in such a way that your life would not make sense

if God did not exist."

-- Cardinal Suhard

Mondays are for Grace

"All beauty is a breadcrumb path that leads us to Christ."

-- Steven DeWitt

Mondays are for Grace

"All we have of freedom, all we use or know -

This our fathers bought for us long and long ago."

-- Rudyard Kipling

Today marks 100 years since the beginning of World War I. 

No doubt many of us have grandparents or great-grandparents 

who served in this horrendous conflict and it is fitting that 

we remember their sacrifices on our behalf.

Mondays are for Grace

"REST: a strategy for persevering rather than an escape from reality."

-- Tim Kimmel

Mondays are for Grace

"Grace is the plus sign to counter all of the negatives inherent in a [relationship]."

-- Dr. Tim Kimmel

Mondays are for Grace

"It is folly to think the Lord provides grace for every trouble

but the one you are in today."

-- C. H. Spurgeon

Mondays are for Grace

"The more I think it over the more I feel that

there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people."

-- Vincent Van Gogh

Mondays are for Grace

"And God is able to make all grace abound to you,

so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times,

you may abound in every good work."

II Corinthians 9:8

Mondays are for Grace

"Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves

 to recognize how good things really are."

-- Brene Brown

Mondays are for Grace

"You say grace before meals.

All right.

But I say grace before the concert and the opera,

And grace before the play and pantomime,

And grace before I open a book,

And grace before sketching, painting,

Swimming, fencing, boxing, walking, playing, dancing

And grace before I dip the pen in the ink."

-- G. K. Chesterton

Mondays are for Grace

"Sometimes the happiest ending isn't the one you keep longing for,

but something you absolutely cannot see from where you are."

-- Shauna Neiquist

Mondays are for Grace

"And He shall stand and shepherd his flock in the strength of the LORD,

in the majesty of the the name of the LORD his God. 

And they shall dwell secure, for now he shall be great to the ends of the earth. 

And he shall be their peace."

-- Micah 5:4,5