We Cannot Protect Ourselves From Trouble, But

Life Is A Refining Process. Our Response To It Determines Whether We'll Be Ground Down Or Polished Up. On A Piano, One Person Sits Down And Plays Sonatas, While Another Merely Bangs Away At "chopsticks." The Piano Is Not Responsible. It's How You Touch The Keys That Makes The Difference. It's How You Play What Life Gives You That Determines Your Joy And Shine.

Teaching Literature Is Teaching How To Read. How To Notice Things In A Text That A Speed-reading Culture Is Trained To Disregard, Overcome, Edit Out, Or Explain Away; How To Read What The Language Is Doing, Not Guess What The Author Was Thinking; How To Take Evidence From A Page, Not Seek A Reality To Substitute For It.

Attitude Is The Mind's Paintbrush; It Can Color Any Situation.

When We Have Hope, We Are Showing That We Trust God To Work Out The Situation. Trust Is The Only Way We're Going To Make It Through And Be A Part Of God's Marvelous Plan For His Child.

Growing Is A Lifetime Job, And We Grow Most When We're Down In The Valleys, Where The Fertilizer Is.