:: beautifully broken ::

"There’s beauty in our brokenness. There’s God in our emptiness. Without that brokenness, without that emptiness, we tend to forget that we need God in the day to day. All God wants is for us to seek him and sometimes all that keeps us seeking God is the realization that we need him; only in our times of deepest need do we come to that realization.

And that’s why we often find ourselves to be empty, why seasons of brokenness last longer than we want. In those seasons come the yearning to know God; without that drive, we would never really spend time getting to know him, getting to know his touch. Sometimes, we have to come to the realization that we truly do live in a state of brokenness, not because of God’s will, but more because of our sin. But there’s still beauty in that, not because of our sin, but because of our need for God. Without him, we are truly empty, broken people in desperate need of a loving Savior. "

:: deal with it ::

People are unreasonable, illogical and self-centered - love them anyway! If you do good, they'll accuse you of selfishness or ulterior motives - do good anyway! When you're successful, your friends may be false and your enemies will be real - succeed anyway! The good you do today may soon be forgotten tomorrow - do good anyway! Honesty and frankness will make you vulnerable - be honest and frank anyway! The biggest people with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest people with the smallest minds - think big anyway! People favor underdogs but only follow top dogs - fight for the underdog anyway! What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight - build it anyway! Give the world the best you've got, and chances are, you'll still be despised - give your best anyway!