Happy Thursday friends!  ^“Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.” ~Ephesians 3:20-21

Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.

– Corrie ten Boom

 ^“Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.” ~Proverbs 31:30

“He is not here, but is risen.” ~Luke 24:6

“For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.” ~Romans 5:10

“And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.”~Jeremiah 29:13

The most beautiful women I’ve ever observed are those that have exchanged a self-focused life for a Christ-focused one. They are confident, but not in themselves. Instead of self-confidence, they radiate with Christ-confidence.

– Leslie Ludy, from “Set Apart Femininity”

“Joy is not gush. Joy is not mere jolliness. Joy is perfect acquiescence ~ acceptance, rest ~ in God’s will, whatever comes.” ~Amy Carmichael