Prayer is asking for rain and faith is carrying the umbrella.
BARBARA JOHNSONKids can be a pain in the neck when they’re not a lump in your throat.
More Barbara Johnson Quotes
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Violets are God’s apology for February.
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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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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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You have to look for the joy. Look for the light of God that is hitting your life, and you will find sparkles you didn’t know were there.
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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.
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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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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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Have we forgotten that we’re all born the same way: naked, wet, and hungry? Then things get worse!
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As you’re rushing through life, take time to stop a moment, look into people’s eyes, say something kind, and try to make them laugh!
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A lot of kneeling keeps one in good standing.
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Grudges are like hand grenades: it is wise to release them before they destroy you.
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My karma just ran over my dogma.
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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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It never hurts your eyesight to look on the bright side of things.
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The most important things in your home are people.
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I’m glad God has all the answers, ’cause I barely understand the questions.
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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.
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Motherhood: if it were going to be easy, it never would have started with something called labor.
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Growing is a lifetime job, and we grow most when we’re down in the valleys, where the fertilizer is.
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The joy of motherhood: what a mother experiences when all her children are in bed
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Winners see an answer for every problem; losers see a problem in every answer!
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Faith is seeing light with your heart when all your eyes see is darkness.
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Being codependent means that when you die, someone else’s life passes before your eyes.
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Forgiveness is a stunning principle, your ticket out of hate and fear and chaos.
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Never let a problem to be solved become more important than a person to be loved.
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Laughter dulls the sharpest pain and flattens out the greatest stress. To share it is to give a gift of health.
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