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.
BARBARA JOHNSONLive for today, but hold your hands open to tomorrow. Anticipate the future and its changes with joy. There is a seed of God’s love in every event, every unpleasant situation in which you may find yourself.
More Barbara Johnson Quotes
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Violets are God’s apology for February.
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Forgiveness is a stunning principle, your ticket out of hate and fear and chaos. … I know what regret feels like; I’ve earned my credentials. But I also know what forgiveness feels like, because God has so graciously forgiven me.
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Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears.
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Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to go there right away.
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Being codependent means that when you die, someone else’s life passes before your eyes.
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Don’t let your life speed out of control. Live intentionally. Do something today that will last beyond your lifetime.
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Stop what you are doing long enough to enjoy the sunset, listen to a special song that lifts you up, or pick up the phone and share some special thought with a caring friend.
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Winners see an answer for every problem; losers see a problem in every answer!
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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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We are Easter people living in a Good Friday world.
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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.
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I think living to be one hundred would be great, but living to fifty twice would be so much better.
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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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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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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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