#option

Either I would change lives or end them. The second option is always available. ↗

— M.F. Moonzajer

#lives #option #change

I am so touched at how my family has embraced my situation. They don't even know this child, and they already love her. ↗

— Nia Vardalos

#family

In the world of the Bible, one’s identity and one’s vocation are all bound up in who one’s father is. Men are called “son of” all of their lives (for instance, “the sons of Zebedee” or “Joshua, the son of Nun”). There are no guidance counselors in ancient Canaan or first-century Capernaum, helping “teenagers” decide what they want “to be” when they “grow up.” A young man watches his father, learns from him, and follows in his vocational steps. This is why “the sons of Zebedee” are right there with their father when Jesus finds them, “in their boat mending the nets” (Mark 1:19-20). The inheritance was the engine of survival, passed from father to son, an economic pact between generations. To lose one’s inheritance was to pilfer for survival, to become someone’s slave. ↗

— Russell Moore

#heritage #inheritance #family

Have you realized that today is the tomorrow you talked about yesterday? It is your responsibility to change your life for the better. ↗

— Jaachynma N.E. Agu

#dreams #fulfilling-purpose #inspiration #risk-it-be-different #success-self-improvement

There," she said. She rocked him back and forth. "There, you foolish, beautiful boy who wants to change the world. There, there. And who could keep from loving you? Who could keep from loving a boy so brave and true? ↗

— Kate DiCamillo

#boys #children #love #orphans #beauty

...tried to be faultless as a parent, but still she worries that in the end, all her love for her daughter will not compensate for the loss she suffered as a baby ↗

— Shilpi Somaya Gowda

#love

God is not ecstatic about the lack you are experiencing; He is not delightful over your failures, He is not happy about your stagnancy. ↗

— Jaachynma N.E. Agu

#inspiration #risk-it-be-different #success #success-self-improvement #the-best-option

Justification has so dominated the landscape of Christian thought that adoption has been marginalized. We don't hear much about our adoption at all. We hear a lot about forgiveness, but very little about the staggering reality of our inclusion in Jesus' relationship with his Father in the Spirit. ↗

— C. Baxter Kruger

#salvation #forgiveness

It is vital that we communicate to seniors their options regarding prescription drug assistance. ↗

— Jim Gerlach

#communicate #options #prescription #regarding #seniors

My mother raised me in the church. I was not allowed to stay home on Sunday; there was no option. I sang in the choir all the way up until I went to college. ↗

— Steve Harvey

#choir #church #college #home #i