This Crazy Life: Happy Birthday, Jeffrey!

Encouragement

What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us. ~ Ralph Emerson
Lord, give them wisdom and devotion in the ordering of their common life, that each may be to the other a strength in need, a counselor in perplexity, a comfort in sorrow and a companion in joy. Amen ~ The Book of Common Prayer
Like cold water to a weary soul is good news from a distant land. Proverbs 25:25
Ah, Sovereign Lord, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for You. Jeremiah 32:17
And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to God must believe that He exists and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him. Hebrews 11:6
"Measure thy life by loss and not by gain, Not by the wine drunk but by the wine poured forth, For love's strength standeth in love's sacrifice, And whose suffereth most hath most to give." ~ Ugo Bassi
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. II Corinthians 3:17-18