God examines both rich and poor, not according to their lands and houses, but according to the riches of their hearts.

– St. Augustine of Hippo

Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done.
—Louis Brandeis

This is a great short film about a young man who is making a difference! Inspired by Johnny, the delightful bagger with Down Syndrome! It will make your day in just a few short minutes!

There are three stages in the work of God: Impossible; Difficult; Done.

– Hudson Taylor

Now THAT should encourage us all!

 If you have been tempted into evil, fly from it. It is not falling into the water, but lying in it, that drowns.

      – Author Unknown

There can be no doubt that possessive clinging to things is one of the most harmful habits in the Christian life. Because it is so natural, it is rarely recognized for the evil that it is. But its outworkings are tragic.

– A. W. Tozer

Sir Winston Churchill, “We have no money. Therefore we shall have to think.”

Our life is frittered away by detail…. Simplify, simplify.

–H. D. Thoreau

Oil is up. Gas is up. Food is up. Headlines keep telling us how BAD things are! I am feeling a little overwhelmed and discouraged as we chunk away at our own balances….and then I read this!

That some should be rich shows that others may become rich, and hence is just encouragement to industry and enterprise.

— Abraham Lincoln

While being rich is not our goal, debt free, savings toward retirement and able to really go above and beyond is our goal!

    “Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong.”

— Abraham Lincoln