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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.

Barbara Johnson

The joy of motherhood: what a mother experiences when all her children are in bed
BARBARA JOHNSON

Children Joy Mother
Choices not chance determine your destiny.
BARBARA JOHNSON

Chance Choices Destiny
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.
BARBARA JOHNSON

Reading Reality Teaching
God will never let you sink under your circumstances. He always provides a safety net and His love always encircles.
BARBARA JOHNSON

Circumstances Love Safety
I think living to be one hundred would be great, but living to fifty twice would be so much better.
BARBARA JOHNSON

Age Businessman Businesswoman Hundred Live Thinking
No one likes change… but babies in diapers.
BARBARA JOHNSON

Baby Diapers Likes
If you can forgive the person you were, accept the person you are, and believe in the person you will become, you are headed for joy. So celebrate your life.
BARBARA JOHNSON

Believe Forgiving Joy
We spend our lives dreaming of the future, not realizing that a little of it slips away every day.
BARBARA JOHNSON

Dream Life Littles
Attitude is the mind’s paintbrush; it can color any situation.
BARBARA JOHNSON

Attitude Color Mind
Worry is the senseless process of cluttering up tomorrows opportunities with leftover problems from today
BARBARA JOHNSON

Christian Opportunity Worry
Don’t let your life speed out of control. Live intentionally. Do something today that will last beyond your lifetime.
BARBARA JOHNSON

Lasts Speed Today
Allow your dreams a place in your prayers and plans. God-given dreams can help you move into the future He is preparing for you.
BARBARA JOHNSON

Dream Faith Prayer
We can never untangle all the woes in other people’s lives. We can’t produce miracles overnight. But we can bring a cup of cool water to a thirsty soul, or a scoop of laughter to a lonely heart.
BARBARA JOHNSON

Heart Laughter Lonely
Growing is a lifetime job, and we grow most when we’re down in the valleys, where the fertilizer is.
BARBARA JOHNSON

Growing Inspirational Jobs
If we give someone a piece of bread and butter, that’s kindness, but if we put jelly or peanut butter on it, then it’s Loving Kindness.
BARBARA JOHNSON

Giving Kindness Peanut Butter
A lot of kneeling keeps one in good standing.
BARBARA JOHNSON

Kneeling Prayer Standing

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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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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