Sometimes I’d like to ask God why He allows poverty, famine and injustice when He could do something about it … but I’m afraid He might ask me the same question. ~ L. Strobel

The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change. ~ Carl Rogers

 1.  Intelligence leads to arguments. Wisdom leads to settlements.  2.  Intelligence is power of will. Wisdom is power OVER will.  3.  Intelligence is heat, it burns. Wisdom is warmth, it comforts.  4.  Intelligence is pursuit of knowledge, it tires the seeker. Wisdom is pursuit of truth, it inspires the seeker.  5.  Intelligence is holding on….

Do not ask the Lord to guide your footsteps if you are not willing to move your feet.

Lord, when we are wrong, make us willing to change. And when we are right, make us easy to live with.

Everything happens for a reason, and sometimes the reason is that you’re not very wise and you make bad decisions.

Pain makes you stronger, Fear makes you Braver, and Heartbreak makes you wiser.

In the U.S. Armed Forces more than 14,000 men and women have been fired over the last 17 years because of their sexual orientation. ~ Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, Dec 2010.

Things turn out best for those who make the best of the way things turn out. ~ John Wooden

Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass. It’s about learning to dance in the rain.

If you are always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be! ~ Maya Angelou

Blessed are the people who can give without remembering and take without forgetting.

Character is doing what you don’t want to do but know you should do. ~ Joyce Meyer

Just because you feel fear doesn’t mean you can’t do it. Do it afraid! ~ Joyce Meyer

Being gay is not a Western invention; it is a human reality. ~ Secretary of State Hillary Clinton

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will crush my heart. ~ Pastor Leon Fontaine

Gay Pride was not born out of a need to celebrate being gay, but instead our right to exist without prosecution. So maybe instead of wondering why there isn’t a Straight Pride month or movement, straight people should be thankful they don’t need one.

Life is not the way it’s supposed to be. It’s the way it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference.

It is strange that in our praying we seldom ask for a change in character, but always a change in circumstances.

The reward for conformity is that everyone likes you but yourself. ~ Rita Mae Brown

It is often said that to have a fulfilling life, three essentials are required: a clear sense of personal identity, a deep sense of faith and meaning, and a strong sense of purpose and mission. ~ Os Guinness

If male homosexuals are called ‘Gay’, then female homosexuals should be called ‘Ecstatic’. ~ Shelly Roberts

Forgive me my nonsense as I also forgive the nonsense of those who think they talk sense. ~ Robert Frost

“Don’t let your worries get the best of you. Remember, Moses started out as a basket case” Some people are kind, polite, and sweet-spirited – until you try to sit in their pews. Many folks want to serve God, but only as advisers.

Man’s mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions. ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes

I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

You can suffer the pain of change, or suffer remaining the way you are. ~ Joyce Meyer

Never put both feet in your mouth at the same time, because then you won’t have a leg to stand on.

People will forget what you said; people will forget what you did; but people will never forget how you made them feel.

Homosexuality is found in over 450 species. Homophobia is found in only one. Which one seems unnatural now?