some words of wisdom i've collected recently

"God never gives us a recipe for life; He just gives us Himself and says to be careful about what else we add to it." Bob Goff

"What if the life you really want, and the future God wants for you, is hiding right now in your biggest problem, your worst failure…your greatest fear?" M. Batterson

"We're messed up and we come from messed up but God is bigger than messed up and God works through the mess to bring salvation. So don't buy the lie tonite that you are too far gone for God to restore your life to the beauty that he's been dreaming about. There is not too much water under the bridge. He'll build a new bridge at the stream. There is not too much damage been done because God speaks things into existence out of nothing and he can recreate what the locusts have eaten. God is not finished. There is no story in this building that puts him off...Christ says, 'I am not offended by your story...I'm not looking at you going, 'Too bad you've burned too many bridges.' I can restore you and I can bring you back and put you in the place that God wants you to be.' God is always at work. When crazy, messed-up, jacked-up stuff is going on, God is still at work." Louie Giglio

that last one had me crying big time when i listened to that sermon...because i have been through and am still in some crazy, messed-up, jacked-up seemingly hopeless stuff and it is good to remember that God is still at work and he is always working for his glory and for our good...all the time, every time...God is always working.