Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to go there right away.
BARBARA JOHNSONGrowing is a lifetime job, and we grow most when we’re down in the valleys, where the fertilizer is.
More Barbara Johnson Quotes
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I’m glad God has all the answers, ’cause I barely understand the questions.
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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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I think living to be one hundred would be great, but living to fifty twice would be so much better.
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Grudges are like hand grenades: it is wise to release them before they destroy you.
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Choices not chance determine your destiny.
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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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Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears.
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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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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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Forgiveness is a stunning principle, your ticket out of hate and fear and chaos.
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Faith is seeing light with your heart when all your eyes see is darkness.
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Your face is a billboard advertising your philosophy of life!
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Smile…it kills time between disasters.
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We cannot protect ourselves from trouble, but we can dance through the puddles of life with a rainbow smile, twirling the only umbrella we need — the umbrella of God’s love.
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Humor is the chocolate chips in the ice cream of life.
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