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)

“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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

The Bible contains six admonishments to homosexuals and 362 admonishments to heterosexuals. That doesn’t mean that God doesn’t love heterosexuals. It’s just that they need more supervision. ~ Lynn Lavner

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

 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….

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

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

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