I’m glad God has all the answers, ’cause I barely understand the questions.
BARBARA JOHNSONAllow your dreams a place in your prayers and plans. God-given dreams can help you move into the future He is preparing for you.
More Barbara Johnson Quotes
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Smile…it kills time between disasters.
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Life is too short to spend it being angry, bored, or dull.
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We spend our lives dreaming of the future, not realizing that a little of it slips away every day.
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Your face is a billboard advertising your philosophy of life!
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We can choose to gather to our hearts the thorns of disappointment, failure, loneliness, and dismay in our present situation. Or we can gather the flowers of God’s grace, boundless love, abiding presence, and unmatched joy. I choose to gather the flowers.
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I don’t have to figure out why or how or when. God has a plan, and I’m committed to it. That commitment frees me from having to worry about the details.
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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.
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All we can take with us to heaven is what we leave behind in the lives we touch.
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The attitude of kindness is everyday stuff like a great pair of sneakers. Not frilly. Not fancy. Just plain and comfortable.
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A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand.
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True love doesn’t have a happy ending, because true love never ends. Letting go is one way of saying I love you.
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God will never let you sink under your circumstances. He always provides a safety net and His love always encircles.
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Have we forgotten that we’re all born the same way: naked, wet, and hungry? Then things get worse!
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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.
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Forgiveness is a stunning principle, your ticket out of hate and fear and chaos.
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