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

“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.

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.

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

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

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

Under everyone’s hard shell is someone who wants to be appreciated and loved. ~ Andy Rooney

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

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

All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. ~ Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher (1788 – 1860)

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

 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….

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.

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

The word “homosexual” did not appear in the Bible until 1946. (Revised Standard Version).

80% of people’s problems are about how they feel about themselves. ~ Joyce Meyer

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

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

Better to have a big goal and reach half of it than to have no goal and reach all of it. ~ Joyce Meyer

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

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

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

Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. ~ Martin Luther King Jr.

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.

Anger is like taking poison and waiting for the other person to die. ~ Malachy McCourt

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

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

Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re probably right. ~ Henry Ford

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